That said, what’s happening now, and not just in Washington and across the United States but in pockets around the world, should really come as no surprise. In the case of international trade, disruption seems more associated with destruction than innovation and solution. For example, every time a tourist comes to the United States and opens his or her wallet, that is an export. Every time a complicated hospital procedure is done here on someone who comes to the United States specifically because of our surgical prowess or our technology, that’s an export. Every time someone outside the United States downloads software from a U.S.-headquartered company, that is an export.

Source: Forbes September 01, 2018 00:56 UTC