The United States should endeavor to enhance its economic competitiveness by beefing up new investments in research, education and infrastructure, John Bryson, the country's Commerce Secretary, said here on Friday.
The government did not have all the answers to improving the U. S. economic competitiveness, but had an important role to play to bolster innovation and competitiveness, Bryson said at an event hosted by the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based think tank.

Federal investments in research, education and infrastructure were critical building blocks for American economic competitiveness, business expansion and job creation in the last century, Bryson said, as the Commerce Department delivered on Friday a report on "The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States" to Congress.

Failure to properly invest in those areas and a lack of comprehensive strategies for improving competitiveness in those areas have eroded U.S. competitive position, noted the report.

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