Stefan Loefven, leader of Sweden’s biggest opposition party, the Social Democrats, said the country should spend more to help small and medium-sized businesses creating jobs.

The Social Democrats want to give the Swedish Trade Council an extra 100 million kronor ($14 million) over four years to help companies improve their exports, Loefven wrote in an opinion piece published today by Stockholm-based newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

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