Regulations and Government
Industry Heightens Push for Ex-Im as Lapse Looms
New AIA chief Dave Melcher joins chorus of appeals in favor of reauthorization the bank as Congress has less than a week to act.

Newly appointed Aerospace Industries Association chief Dave Melcher joined Huntington Ingalls Industries president and CEO Mike Petters this week in urging support for reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Melcher, who succeeded Marion Blakey as AIA CEO this month, penned an op-ed piece with Petters in the political insider publication The Hill, saying reauthorization will provide a level field for U.S. companies that compete against subsidized foreign companies.


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