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In , McNerney assumed his current role at Chicago-based Boeing. From a business fundamentals perspective, you win through innovation, low cost, or better customer service; in my opinion, innovation is the most sustainable competitive advantage. As for company culture, you need to relate to governments and have the capacity to recruit people from all over the world who will feel comfortable in your organization.

You have to make them feel that they can contribute. American companies either remain too U. Manufacturing is around 12 percent of U. Part of that represents tremendous growth in financial, IT, and health services. We tend to lament that manufacturing is going down, but outside our country they all wish they had companies like those.

With that said, China, India, and other countries in Asia and the Middle East will no doubt continue to have very competitive manufacturing capability. Europe and America will have to continue to invest in manufacturing innovation to keep up. Do you have any perspectives to share from your work in that particular post?

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American business is trying to find the most constructive way to engage with the Obama administration. I happen to think that trade and exports are places where we ought to be able to come together. What impressions did you come away with from that experience? What happened? The is a good example of that.