The metro area produces a market assessment, a global trade and investment plan, an implementation plan, and a policy memo. Through foreign direct investment (FDI) plans, metro areas explore new forms of FDI, assess the interaction of FDI and exports, and develop strategies to attract and retain investment. Global cities are innovating to leverage foreign investment. Sample export business interview form (PDF).Guide to writing a metro export plan (PDF).Championing your metro export initiative (PDF).Ten steps to delivering a successful metro export plan.Export plans apply market intelligence to the development of strategies that help regions cultivate a larger pipeline of export-ready firms and better connect them to export services and growing global markets.

Many leaders in states, cities, and metropolitan areas across the country are exploring ways to help their firms tap into expanding markets worldwide to grow jobs at home. An approach to develop a global identity.ĬREATING A GLOBAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT PLANįor detailed stories and lessons from the design and implementation of both exports and foreign direct investment strategies, see The making of global cities: Stories from the Global Cities Exchange.An approach to prioritize international markets and create metro-to-metro partnerships.A two-phase planning process to create integrated export and foreign direct investment (FDI) plans.The tools and reports below build on lesson learned from three pilots: metropolitan areas that participated in pilot cohorts organized by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings to experiment with novel economic development practices. The initiative enabled local leaders to act on the ideas and collaborations generated by research and forums, resulting in more globally-oriented metropolitan areas and an evolution in economic development policy and practice. and international metropolitan areas, and advocate for state and national policy changes. The Global Cities Initiative (GCI) fostered a network of organizations across metro areas that developed and implemented strategies to boost global trade and investment, forge partnerships between the U.S.

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