The United States is the world's largest service market and was the world's largest cross-border exporter and importer of services in 2009. Over the past three years, global trade in services has weakened in response to the downturn in the global economy, and new competitors have emerged. Despite these challenges, U.S. services providers remained highly competitive in 2009. This book provides an in-depth analyses of recent developments in the audio-visual services industry, which is highly influential both culturally and economically, as well as in four professional service industries - computer, education, healthcare, and legal services