Author: Roy Kirkwood

President Obama took office four years ago, when the country was facing two wars and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He immediately began working to turnaround an economy in freefall, bring the troops home, and lay the foundation for an economy built from the middle out. Four years later, we’ve added back more than 4.5 million private sector jobs over 30 straight months of job growth. But there’s more to do. Obama for America’s Policy Director James Kvaal outlines the real, achievable national goals the President has laid out to keep moving this country forward: Double U.S. exports: In 2010,President Obama launched an initiative to doubleexports over five years and created the National Export Initiative to promote U.S. goods and remove trade barriers, expand access to credit, and promote strong growth worldwide. In 2010 and 2011, exportsby 36%, putting us on course to reach our goal. So far, record-breaking exports have supported an additional 1.2 million jobs. President Obama will help American businesses finish the job by the end of 2014, making sure that no foreign company has an unfair advantage over U.S. companies by offering more aggressive financing and opening new markets. The Trans-Pacific Partnership that will open up new markets totaling 40% of global trade to more U.S. goods. He’ll also continue to crack down on China’s unfair trade practices to ensure that American workers...