By Robin Chan

AMERICA is not turning its back on the world, and still very much welcomes foreigners to its shores to work.

The impression that the United States does not welcome foreign professionals is one which US Secretary of Labour Elaine Chao, 55, whose job it is to keep the 154 million working Americans happy, wants to dispel.

She was speaking to The Straits Times in an exclusive interview during a visit to Singapore, after being in Beijing where she headed the US presidential delegation at the closing ceremony for the Olympics.

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