Inside Trade

October 29, 2025

Trump elects not to retain the President’s Export Council

By Dan Dupont  / October 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
President Trump has decided not to continue receiving advice from a panel of high-profile business executives, ending the President’s Export Council via executive order more than 50 years after it was created. The Commerce Department, which oversaw the council, described it as “the principal national advisory committee on international trade.” Its members traditionally have included senior executives of major companies like Ford, United Airlines and Disney. The advisory panel was created via executive order in 1973 and later expanded to...

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