Reports Archive:
International Trade and the Bay Area Economy

A Regional Perspective on Global Trade

Ship Cover Photo

In 2003, the Bay Area Economic Forum prepared a comprehensive report to facilitate understanding of the importance of international trade to the Bay Area’s economy, and to provide an assessment of global economic conditions, pending international trade agreements, and the trade outlook for specific economic sectors of interest to the region.

Subsequent semi-annual revised editions of the report examine how the patterns identified in 2003 have changed. As a long term trend, the findings suggest that major Bay Area companies across a range of industries are deriving an ever-larger share of their revenues from global sales.

  • International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional Interests and Global Outlook 2010–2011
    —December 2010 (PDF: 68 pages, 2.1 MB)
  • International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional Interests and Global Outlook 2008
    —September 2008 (PDF: 68 pages, 1.8 MB)
  • International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional Interests and Global Outlook 2005–2006
    —July 2005 (82 pages, 1.7 MB)
  • International Trade and the Bay Area Economy: Regional Interests and Global Outlook 2003–2004
    —January 2003 (84 pages, 2.4 MB)