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GM CEO Mary Barra Attends First Economic Policy Forum With President Trump

General Motors CEO Mary Barra attended her first meeting as a key figure on President Donald Trump’s Economic Advisory Forum this past Friday, according to The Detroit News.

The forum is comprised of various CEOs and businessmen and women to advise the president from the private sector. Barra was tapped months ago to join the forum for her insight from the automotive industry.

The group planned to cover issues such as immigration, regulatory relief, tax and trade, women in the workplace, infrastructure and education.

However, it hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows for the panel. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from the panel amid mounting pressure following protests over the now-suspended travel ban from Muslim-majority countries. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also made it clear he would be expressing his views on the controversial order during the meeting as well. Both CEOs reiterated by joining the panel it was not an endorsement of the administration’s actions.

President Trump also met with all three Detroit Three automaker CEOs last month to discuss what was needed to make the United States a more attractive place to invest in. Running parallel, GM announced it would invest $1 billion in the United States in the coming year. The first investments were announced to be Bay City, Michigan Powertrain and Spring Hill, Tennessee.

GM has reiterated the $1 billion investment is not in response to the president’s critiques.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. “The group planned to cover issues such as immigration, regulatory relief, tax and trade, women in the workplace, infrastructure and education.”

    Some discussion on white supremacy would be the timely cherry on top.

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    1. Your inflammatory HuffPo rhetoric is both ridiculous and unwarranted. Now, do you have anything of substance to contribute?

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  2. I saw this headline this evening at HuffPo and thought of this “conversation.”

    You’ll have to search for it yourself since my posts with links often get flagged for moderation and then go off to die, no doubt painfully.

    “Trump Aide Derided Islam, Immigration And Diversity, Embraced An Anti-Semitic Past”

    Barra’s decision to not just join the panel but serve as a prop at the president’s side is going to come back to bite her someday, I’m afraid.

    John’s rhetoric may in fact be inflammatory, but where there’s smoke there’s usually you know what…

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    1. Using the HuffPo as a source is laughable at best. Do a little research on them and you’ll see where they stand on political/social issues. FYI, they also donate $$$ millions to Democratic/Progressive groups. They’re hardly a reliable source. They habitually twist stories to fit their agenda.

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  3. I’m not saying there’s not a bias or that there aren’t times I shake my head and roll my eyes at some of the topics being reported on. But I think the facts are the facts in this case.

    Unfortunately it’s not enough to simply report the news these days. Which means we have to dig deeper, cross check multiple outlets–even the ones we don’t want to be right–to get a full handle on what’s happening.

    Saying I’m a liberal and I’m just going to watch, read, and listen to liberal news is no better than saying I’m a conservative and I’m just going to watch, listen, and read conservative news–they’ll both spin and ultimately mislead you.

    I’m not saying I’m anywhere close to perfect or that I haven’t ever drawn the wrong conclusions, just that I generally try to hear both sides, when they’re making sense that is.

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