No matter how they feel about it, most Americans recognise they are participants in a global economy that increasingly affects their own lives and the strength of their country. While some businesses in my own state of Iowa are excited at the opportunity to export their products to new markets, powerful new competitors are challenging US economic leadership, threatening the nation's growth and exposing Americans to a new kind of insecurity.
As global competition intensifies, the US needs a comprehensive national strategy to make it the most innovative, productive country in the world, able to create high-wage jobs and redeem the promise that each generation can enjoy more opportunity than the last.
