Foreign-owned firms in the US account for 5% of private-sector employment, 17% of manufacturing jobs, 21% of exports, 14% of research and development, and 17% of corporate-income taxes. Recognizing FDI’s significant contributions to the US economy, President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness endorsed the administration’s new Select USA program to coordinate government-wide efforts to promote it.
在美国，外国所有企业贡献了5%的私人部门就业，17%的制造业就业，21%的出口，14%的研发和17%的公司所得税。奥巴马总统的就业和竞争力委员会（Council on Jobs and Competitiveness）认识到FDI对美国经济的重大贡献，因此大力支持政府的新“选择美国”（Select USA）计划，通过协调政府行为促进FDI。