Catherine Bell (I) Actress | Producer | Miscellaneous Crew. Catherine was born in London, but moved to California with her Iranian mother at age 2. Her mother still acts as her personal assistant. As a child, she acted in various TV adverts. She went to UCLA to study biology, but dropped out to become a model in Japan.
| Filed Under: Geography 1 Comment. Machinery and transportation equipment, especially airplanes, computers, and cars and trucks, top the list of products the United States exports to other countries. Also important are manufactured items, metal, paper, textile fibers, metal ores, chemicals, and plastics.
Raw materials are another export option. However, this strategy is risky compared to manufactured goods. If the terms of trade shift unfavorably, a country must export more and more of the raw materials to import the same amount of commodities, making the trade profits very difficult to come by.