On December 9, the President's Export Council (PEC) met in Washington to discuss the president's goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years via the National Export Initiative and ways to promote U.S. exports, jobs, and growth. The PEC presented the administration with five letters of recommendations in an effort to achieve these goals, including: benchmarking; intellectual property rights; Russia's WTO accession; tax reform; and services data. Once the letters have been finalized to incorporate the changes made during the deliberations and signed by the Chairman of the PEC, Boeing's Jim McNerney, they will be available online along with the official meeting transcript.
President Obama stopped by the meeting to discuss the progress made on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and he engaged PEC members on how to educate the American public on the role trade can play in promoting job growth across the nation. The next meeting is scheduled for March 11, 2011.
