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Leaders from World Trade Center Arkansas are headed to France next week along with their World Trade Center counterparts from about 50 other countries for their annual Global Business Forum.

A report released in late March from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Arkansas is the top state in GDP growth year over year for the fourth quarter of 2024. Data from the same report also shows that Arkansas ranked 47th in personal income growth.

Most key factors of economic activity in the U.S. and Arkansas economies are expected to moderate in 2025 compared with 2024 and 2023 trends.

Global trade has been good for Arkansas farmers and manufacturers, says Farmers for Free Trade Deputy Director Angela Hofmann. But, she says those…