White House invited Xu alongside Ford and Intel in 2012
Mei Xu · Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017) · Jun 17, 2019 · at 36:16
Mei Xu describes being invited to advise President Barack Obama on revitalizing U.S. manufacturing after opening a factory in Maryland.
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“In 2012 I was creating jobs in the United States because of our factory and the President's office Took note, and he invited 13 of the biggest manufacturers, such as Ford, Intel and I was invited because I was a small business, and I was giving advice as to why it makes sense to revitalize manufacturing in this country, but why that we have not done enough for those companies to bring jobs back.”
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