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17 March 2010
[Federal Register: March 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 50)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13534 of March 11, 2010
National Export Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Export Enhancement Act of 1992,
Public Law 102-429, 106 Stat. 2186, and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code, in order to enhance and
coordinate Federal efforts to facilitate the creation
of jobs in the United States through the promotion of
exports, and to ensure the effective use of Federal
resources in support of these goals, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The economic and financial crisis
has led to the loss of millions of U.S. jobs, and while
the economy is beginning to show signs of recovery,
millions of Americans remain unemployed or
underemployed. Creating jobs in the United States and
ensuring a return to sustainable economic growth is the
top priority for my Administration. A critical
component of stimulating economic growth in the United
States is ensuring that U.S. businesses can actively
participate in international markets by increasing
their exports of goods, services, and agricultural
products. Improved export performance will, in turn,
create good high-paying jobs.
The National Export Initiative (NEI) shall be an
Administration initiative to improve conditions that
directly affect the private sector's ability to export.
The NEI will help meet my Administration's goal of
doubling exports over the next 5 years by working to
remove trade barriers abroad, by helping firms--
especially small businesses--overcome the hurdles to
entering new export markets, by assisting with
financing, and in general by pursuing a Government-wide
approach to export advocacy abroad, among other steps.
Sec. 2. Export Promotion Cabinet. There is established
an Export Promotion Cabinet to develop and coordinate
the implementation of the NEI. The Export Promotion
Cabinet shall consist of:
(a) the Secretary of State;
(b) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(c) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(d) the Secretary of Commerce;
(e) the Secretary of Labor;
(f) the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget;
(g) the United States Trade Representative;
(h) the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy;
(i) the National Security Advisor;
(j) the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;
(k) the President of the Export-Import Bank of the
United States;
(l) the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration;
(m) the President of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation;
(n) the Director of the United States Trade and
Development Agency; and
(o) the heads of other executive branch
departments, agencies, and offices as the President
may, from time to time, designate.
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The Export Promotion Cabinet shall meet periodically
and report to the President on the progress of the NEI.
A member of the Export Promotion Cabinet may designate,
to perform the NEI-related functions of that member, a
senior official from the member's department or agency
who is a full-time officer or employee. The Export
Promotion Cabinet may also establish subgroups
consisting of its members or their designees, and, as
appropriate, representatives of other departments and
agencies. The Export Promotion Cabinet shall coordinate
with the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC),
established by Executive Order 12870 of September 30,
1993.
Sec. 3. National Export Initiative. The NEI shall
address the following:
(a) Exports by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(SMEs). Members of the Export Promotion Cabinet shall
develop programs, in consultation with the TPCC,
designed to enhance export assistance to SMEs,
including programs that improve information and other
technical assistance to first-time exporters and assist
current exporters in identifying new export
opportunities in international markets.
(b) Federal Export Assistance. Members of the
Export Promotion Cabinet, in consultation with the
TPCC, shall promote Federal resources currently
available to assist exports by U.S. companies.
(c) Trade Missions. The Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the TPCC and, to the extent possible,
with State and local government officials and the
private sector, shall ensure that U.S. Government-led
trade missions effectively promote exports by U.S.
companies.
(d) Commercial Advocacy. Members of the Export
Promotion Cabinet, in consultation with other
departments and agencies and in coordination with the
Advocacy Center at the Department of Commerce, shall
take steps to ensure that the Federal Government's
commercial advocacy effectively promotes exports by
U.S. companies.
(e) Increasing Export Credit. The President of the
Export-Import Bank, in consultation with other members
of the Export Promotion Cabinet, shall take steps to
increase the availability of credit to SMEs.
(f) Macroeconomic Rebalancing. The Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with other members of the
Export Promotion Cabinet, shall promote balanced and
strong growth in the global economy through the G20
Financial Ministers' process or other appropriate
mechanisms.
(g) Reducing Barriers to Trade. The United States
Trade Representative, in consultation with other
members of the Export Promotion Cabinet, shall take
steps to improve market access overseas for our
manufacturers, farmers, and service providers by
actively opening new markets, reducing significant
trade barriers, and robustly enforcing our trade
agreements.
(h) Export Promotion of Services. Members of the
Export Promotion Cabinet shall develop a framework for
promoting services trade, including the necessary
policy and export promotion tools.
Sec. 4. Report to the President. Not later than 180
days after the date of this order, the Export Promotion
Cabinet, through the TPCC, shall provide the President
a comprehensive plan to carry out the goals of the NEI.
The Chairman of the TPCC shall set forth the steps
taken to implement this plan in the annual report to
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives required by the Export
Enhancement Act of 1992, Public Law 102-249, 106 Stat.
2186, and Executive Order 12870, as amended.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof, or the status of that department or agency within the Federal
Government; or
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(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 11, 2010.
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