Let's Show the World What We're Made of ; Today Sees the Launch of Our Go Global Campaign in Association with North East Chamber of Commerce Which Aims to Encourage Businesses to Export More of Their Goods and Services. Andrew Mernin Finds Out Why International Trade Could Be the Key to Our Economic Recovery.

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SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE HMS ARK ROYAL ON some of the thousands of trains which snake their way across India, commuters can now surf the internet thanks to the endeavour of a Newcastle firm.

In Africa, software made in Sunderland will soon help patients in the poorest and most remote areas to find expert medical advice.

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Let's Show the World What We're Made of ; Today Sees the Launch of Our Go Global Campaign in Association with North East Chamber of Commerce Which Aims to Encourage Businesses to Export More of Their Goods and Services. Andrew Mernin Finds Out Why International Trade Could Be the Key to Our Economic Recovery.

If you have a relative living overseas who is hard of hearing, there is a good chance their hearing aids are powered by North East- made batteries.

And, in bars across America from New York to San Francisco, bottles of beer brewed in Gateshead are supped in their thousands during games of Gridiron or baseball.

Despite the tough economic climate, the North East continues to prove itself as a cham...

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