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With even more international trade on the horizon and globalization forces strengthening, Mississippi is in it prime position to compete with the world market.
"Mississippi has proven its competitiveness, and at this point, we need to move it up to the next level," said Mark Miller, professor of economic development at the University of Southern Mississippi. "The main two keys are going to be preparing our workforce and continuing to prepare our communities to work internationally."
Jay Moon, president of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, said the world market will continue its cycle of finding the lowest labor cost location for certain products.
"Before we can move forward, we've got to come to the realization that 40 or 50 years ago, the state and the region aggressively began to court businesses from New England and the upper Midwest to come to the South, where there were lower labor rates and little union activity. We attracted a lot...
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