Global trade takes all of us–in cities large and small–doing our best and making products that the world wants.

These appear in the same order of their export contributions, but have a special call-out for their designated superlative.įor those cities not listed in the Top 50, your contribution is in no way diminished. Lest that seem a tad stiff, we offer a second set of superlative rankings selected by the editors at Global Trade. The overall ranking lists the 50 largest metropolitan areas by export volume. Our special report on the Top 50 Cities for Global Trade is really two rankings in one. That’s the case with our pick for this year’s Most Entrepreneurial City for Global Trade, Charlotte, North Carolina. Does one create the other? It’s not important–they seem to find one another. Some people are destined to be entrepreneurial, and so are some cities. And just as great men and women have varying personalities and “drivers,” so do our nation’s cities. It’s the people–their attitudes, convictions, work ethic and culture–that make each city unique. It was American poet Walt Whitman who said, “A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.” We couldn’t agree more.

Global cities connectedness index