奥巴马也在强调美国“重心”的经济方面，将其亚洲之行描述意在为通过增加对“世界增长最快、最有活力的地区的出口”来早就更多国内制造业岗位。
Obama, too, is highlighting the economic aspects of the US “pivot,” portraying his Asia tour as an effort to generate more domestic manufacturing jobs through higher exports to “the most rapidly growing and dynamic region in the world.”