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America's Real Economy: US Manufacturing & High-Wage Jobs

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John Engler

John Engler is president of the Business Roundtable (BRT), an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. corporations with a combined workforce of more than 14 million workers and over $6 trillion in annual revenues.

A former three-term governor of Michigan, Engler assumed the leadership of Business Roundtable in January 2011 after serving six years as president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers.

As BRT president, Engler has helped bring CEO expertise and insights to bear on major challenges facing the United States, including global competitiveness, innovation, economic growth and job creation. BRT-member CEOs lead U.S.-headquartered companies that invest more than $150 billion annually in research and development and generate an estimated $420 billion in sales for small and medium-sized businesses annually.

Business Roundtable has accomplished significant public policy goals during Englerâ€™s tenure as BRT president, including enactment of trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea that will expand opportunities for U.S. exports and trade-related jobs. BRTâ€™s leadership on trade has been widely cited by the both White House and Congressional leaders.

The Honorable John Engler

James Fallows

James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has worked for the magazine for more than 30 years. In that time he has been based in various sites within the United States and in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Beijing. He has written ten books, of which the latest, China Airborne, was published in May. He won the American Book Award for his book National Defense, the National Magazine Award for his writings about the Iraq war, and a New York Emmy for his role as host of a documentary series on China. During the Carter administration, he worked in the White House as the president’s chief speechwriter.

Thea Lee

Thea Lee is Deputy Chief of Staff and Former Chief International Economist for AFL-CIO and an Advisory Committee Member for the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Why Immigration Reform Matters for Manufacturing

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John Engler, President of the Business Roundtable, discusses why comprehensive immigration reform is imperative for future American manufacturing. Engler argues that the United States needs to create an environment that will keep highly skilled immigrants to stay in the U.S.
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