Mr. Immelt is the chairman and CEO of GE and chairman of the President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council.

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The Industrial Competitiveness Council held its first meeting on January 23.

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The recently launched Competitiveness Council, which includes the chairmen of British Aerospace and Glaxo Wellcome, a pharmaceuticals firm, has a remit that is striking both in its vagueness and its ambition.

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Second, I wanted to let you know that on June 13th, next Monday, the President will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to meet with the Jobs and Competitiveness Council at the corporate and U.S. manufacturing headquarters of Cree, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lighting.

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Mr Bloch himself is now at Washington's Council on Competitiveness.

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Ohio now ranks 47th out of 50 in economic competitiveness, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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The Council is focused on many other actions to increase jobs and competitiveness.

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Since its first meeting about a year ago, the Council has put forward a host of recommendations that foster growth, competitiveness, innovation, and job creation, both now and for the future.

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