July 7, 2010 at 2:11 p.m.
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By Julie Johnsson
Illinois companies are well-represented on the council of business leaders President Barack Obama has created to devise a strategy to double America’s exports of goods and services in the next five years to help spur job growth.
Obama unveiled the trade initiative in his State of the Union address this year, saying he sought to open overseas markets through trade agreements and to ensure that U.S. companies compete on equal terms with their foreign counterparts. Get the full story »
July 7, 2010 at 8:59 a.m.
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International,
Trade
By Dow Jones Newswires
President Barack Obama is scheduled to unveil a report Wednesday showing the U.S. is on track to double exports in the next five years and name the chief executives of United Parcel Services Inc., Walt Disney Co., Pfizer Inc. and other firms to a presidential advisory board on trade issues.
Other large, publicly trade companies that will be represented on the council include Metlife Inc., UAL Corp., Dow Chemical Co. , Ford Motor Co. , Verizon Communications Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Get the full story »
