President Obama Provides Progress Report on National Export Initiative, Announces Members of the President’s Export Council

White House - Today [July 7], President Barack Obama will provide a progress report on the National Export Initiative (NEI), which shows that the President’s goal of doubling exports and supporting several million new jobs over five years is on track, and that exports in the first four months of 2010 grew almost 17 percent from the same period last year...The full Progress Report on the National Export Initiative can be viewed HERE.

The President will also announce that he has appointed members of the President’s Export Council, which includes a group of business and labor leaders who will offer advice on how to promote U.S. exports, jobs, and growth.  They include: