High hopes for reform

摘要

This summer, the Obama Administration announced new initiatives to improve the international regulatory environment in which manufacturers operate. In July, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced the formation of a business visa taskforce to speed up and make more predictable the processing of visas for foreign companies interested in doing business with U.S. companies. In August, the President himself announced his intention to reform the export licensing system. He named the National Security Council and the National Economic Council to lead the effort, and called on the various agencies involved to report to him with improvements.