Trump Ends Export Council Advisory Committee
The President's Export Council wasn't among a list of federal advisory committees that President Donald Trump chose to maintain in an executive order released Sept. 29, and a White House spokesperson this week called the council "unnecessary."
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"The President should not extend the PEC beyond its current expiration," the spokesperson said in an Oct. 6 email. "The PEC’s expansive mandate does not align with the targeted priorities of the America First Trade Policy. The PEC’s structure -- spanning dozens of members from across government, labor, and industry -- tends to promote consensus-based recommendations that dilute bold, pro-American action. Given the President’s preference for outcome-driven engagement with the private sector, continuing the PEC is unnecessary. Letting the PEC expire would eliminate a legacy forum that was expanded by President Carter in 1979 and most recently continued by President Biden in 2023 and doesn’t serve the Administration’s goals."
The Biden administration restarted the Export Council after years of inactivity and announced plans to “reconstitute” its subcommittee on export administration (see 2311290061 and 2401080008).