President Trump Disbands Business Advisory Councils
Executive Summary
J&J and GE were among firms represented on the Trump administration's manufacturing council, one of two business advisory groups that were dissolved on Aug. 16 after a growing number of executives walked away from the endeavors in the wake of Trump's remarks regarding white nationalist demonstrations in Virginia.
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