The department is telling welfare recipients that they have to work or try to, he noted, "so to have a contract where you're exporting service-sector jobs -- it just seemed we were working against our clients' interests".
We are also exporting services, such as designing low-carbon cities in China.
Southern cities have a much greater reliance on exporting services, with nine out of the top 10 cities located in the south of England.
The reassuring notion that Britain can import goods while exporting services is too sanguine: selling goods abroad is a good way of developing a market for services, as firms like Rolls-Royce have shown.
There is a point where too much rupee strength will cause pain for guys exporting services.
However, the U.S. does well when it comes to exporting services, including travel, education and intellectual property such as software.
For businesses that export services from developing nations, the Internet can be equally critical.
"The ability to export services is key and it will be a growth area.
America and Britain, for instance, typically run surpluses in services.People tend to underestimate the extent to which America exports services.
The EU commission said a deal is needed to make it easier for EU firms to export services to other countries and help secure growth and jobs.
