“We must make a serious commitment to manufacturing and exports. This is a national imperative. We all know that the American consumer cannot lead our recovery. This economy must be driven by business investment and exports.  We should set a national goal to create high value added jobs and have manufacturing jobs be no less than 20 percent of total employment, about twice what it is today.”
–GE Chairman and CEO and Obama Economic Recovery Advisory Board member Jeffrey Immelt, June 26, 2009

“GE is essentially moving its avionics platform to China, angling in part to grab business for a planned aircraft China hopes will compete with jets from Boeing Co. and European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.'s Airbus....GE and AVIC agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture in China that GE said would be its main platform to develop and market avionics systems for global commercial-aircraft manufacturers.
–The Wall Street Journal Europe, November 16, 2009

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