Article: Florida business leaders peg economic recovery on int'l trade

20-May-2010 St. Petersburg Times/ tampabay.com

A group of Florida business leaders on Wednesday launched a campaign to double state exports in the next five years, singling out international trade as a key catalyst for the state's economic recovery.

"As important as agriculture and construction and tourism have been and always will be, the truth is our economy has changed and we're never going back to the economy we used to have," Mark Wilson, president and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, said in a conference call with reporters.

Manuel Mencia, senior vice president of international trade and business development for Enterprise Florida, backed him up.
"This is a sector that holds the potential not only to lead Florida out of the recession, but to be the growth sector in Florida, certainly for the next decade and years to come," Mencia said...

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