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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (133273)	10/22/2001 9:52:37 AM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 164684

Globalization Remains a Priority For Businesses in U.S. Heartland public.wsj.com Most businesses have too much riding on globalization to give up on it now. That's the attitude in Cleveland -- a heartland industrial city that epitomizes how the fortunes of many U.S. companies have become linked to the global economy. Managers in Cleveland have dutifully trooped along on state-sponsored trade missions, scoured China for suppliers, set up factories in the Czech Republic and generally added new strands to the webs of world commerce. Now comes terrorism and war. Last month's attacks will certainly prompt changes, such as new ways to move products through clogged ports and added layers of security for expatriates. But the urgency for companies to be global remains.