GE Aviation Presses Kasich as Ex-Im Becomes Republican Test
Republicans now have to choose between business allies who want to keep the agency and angry voters who think i it represents “crony capitalism.”
Ohio Governor John Kasich. Photographer: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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GE Aviation is disappointed in Ohio Governor John Kasich.
The Cincinnati-based operating unit of General Electric Co. employs more than 9,000 people in Ohio, spends $1.2 billion a year with state suppliers and garners almost 60 percent of its revenue from international sales supported by the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Yet Kasich, who’s considering a Republican presidential run, opposes the agency as “corporate welfare.”