March 12, 2010: James McNerney, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing, was appointed yesterday, Thursday, March 11, 2010, as the Chairman of the White House President's Export Council by President Obama, and Xerox Chief Executive Officer Ursula Burns was appointed as the Vice Chairman. The Council will be the "principal national advisory committee on international trade," Obama said. Obama also announced that he had signed an executive order creating an Export Promotion Cabinet as part of a broader National Export Initiative to promote American exports as a means of improving the economy. The Export Promotion Cabinet will include the Secretaries of the State, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor Departments, along with the White House U.S. Trade Representative, the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Export-Import Bank President, and other senior U.S. officials whose work impacts exports. That Cabinet is scheduled to hold its first meeting in April, 2010.
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