
metropolitan leaders are abandoning their path dependent focus on the U.S. metropolitan areas to benefiting from engaging in growing markets abroad.Īware of the enormous untapped opportunities offered through trade and global engagement, many U.S.

This fundamental shift has both challenged the United States with greater global competition but also offered the prospect of all U.S. The global economy no longer revolves around a handful of dominant states and their national urban centers. Swift global integration, the rapid expansion of a global consumer class, and the rise of urban regions as the engines of global economic growth have ushered in a new era.
