We've definitely been following apparel and textile manufacturing production leaving the United States and going to Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

We've definitely have seen a lot more activity in the Caribbean since the passage of CAFTA by the U.S. government. Some of that has come from companies who have closed facilities in the U.S. and are preparing to open facilities in the CAFTA region.

Although I went to college in the United States - Carleton in Northfield, Minnesota - I returned to the Middle East for a year in 1970-71 to study at the American University of Beirut.

The United States depends on South Korea and Japan to help promote American values in East Asia.

TSG is competing with Middle East, East Asia and Europe in offering prices that are either lower or at par with these markets.

If China decides to start investing in the United States and bringing some manufacturing over here, that might make sense, this would be as likely a place as any because it's comfortable. You have port access, and some companies they already work with.