Trump Vows to Put CEOs to Work Restoring U.S. Manufacturing

  • President summons executives to White House session on economy
  • Agenda includes taxes, trade, infrastructure, deregulation

Trump Says He’s Delivering on Promise to Bring Back Jobs

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President Donald Trump summoned some of America’s most prominent corporate executives to the White House Thursday and told them he intends to put them to work restoring manufacturing jobs and U.S. dominance in trade.

“They share our commitment to bring manufacturing back and to create jobs in this country,” Trump as he sat with the 24 business leaders, who included Dow Chemical Co. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Liveris, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Lockheed Martin Corp. CEO Marillyn Hewson, and Caterpillar Inc. Chairman Doug Oberhelman.