The Americas are the most important international market for U.S. middle market companies, with Canada and Mexico ranking as the first and second most important trading partners.The National Center for the Middle Market, in partnership with FedEx and Nextrade Group, LLC, surveyed 400 C-level middle market executives whose companies are engaged in international markets to identify trade and investment activities of middle market companies in the Americas and understand risks and opportunities.
New research from the National Center for the Middle Market, in partnership with the Brookings Institution, presents the business case for mid-size firms to fully consider exporting, identifies common barriers to mid-size companies pursuing exports and highlights newly emerging regional economic development approaches that support middle market exports.