New York (Reuters)-the United States whether want to don't work hard enough, as a nation overseas business, this is to win the economic recession, ge chief executive Jeff immelt said.
This is a big problem, because stimulate exports is a leading American people more and more problems, and economic system are unemployed, is the race to solve one of the best ways of high.
"We are not difficult," immelt said, Thomson Reuters news characters in New York on Monday event. "We haven't really try hard, because we can be competitive, education and sale of our products from all over the world, I think we can do better."
Even so, the United States the largest enterprise group, Obama's senior adviser, government on employment and economic officials think, the United States can be improved. He points out that the general electric company this year is expected to generate 60% of its sales outside the country.
He thinks, Germany-home GE biggest competitor, Siemens company one of-as a rich countries, has been pushing the export successful example.
"Prime minister (Angela) merkel fly from the Berlin to Beijing, 25 walk on the plane behind her in the German old total, and these points together. Play hard, they fight for the victory," immelt said.
President barack Obama, he added, "is out driving and promote in the next five years, trying to double exports, I think we can be very good competitive, but we are not all the same way, the germans." come in full
The economy of the country is weak, now the third year, left many American anger and frustration, immelt said, in power needs sympathy.
"Immelt said," unemployment rate was 9.1%. Employment, especially young people, insufficient, do not have college degree or above, far higher than. "This is a very natural assumption, and the people are angry, I think we should sympathy and understanding, people are feeling very well."
A large demonstrators, they complain that the American economy system no longer work to the entire population of big slice interest, different groups have been obvious Wall Street now a month. Sports, is called "occupy Wall Street," around the country has set up a file in spreading.
The demonstrators complained that billions of dollars during a recession, the United States government spent supporting the financial companies, including general electric, allowing Banks to in order to get a lot of profit, no benefit to the average American.
Growth the only answer
The world's largest jet engines and electric turbines, director of the manufacturers, said he thought the strong economic growth rose disillusioned is the only real answers.
"Only in this way can we solve this particular question growth," immelt said. "If unemployment comes down, people will feel better, if unemployment rises, people will feel worse, no matter what happened on Wall Street."
Immelt said, CEO and ordinary americans pay the gap between the increase is a tight situation.
"The gap is one of the problems of today sure why people feel their system is not fair," immelt said.
But he said, reduce CEO compensation is powerless to reduce unemployment. Immelt received $21.4 million in damages, including $4 million last year, the bonus, this is since 2007 he first.
"If the CEO compensation went way down, unemployment rate was 12%, people still loves dearly," he said. "This is a kind of symptoms, but it was no problem."
Immelt is the enterprise faith, can rival in emerging markets such as China, and in developing market competition profits. He quoted one of the key, Russia in the next 10 years, GE also said, and rich resources investment in African countries including Angola, mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa.
GE expected this year in the outside of the United States have more than 60% income. Analysts expect it to an average of $14.813 billion in revenue records.
See Europe slow growth
In recent weeks, the Greek debt defaults may, and threaten Europe and the United States, the doubts of the financial system has come to the world economy, down to the American company stock and jpmorgan chase bank, big Banks began to cut workers.
"The most likely scenario is that Europe has a considerable period of time slow growth," immelt said. "This process is to solve the European inside."
Last week, the White House adviser group immelt chief says, attract more foreign capital, the more positive energy policy, and in infrastructure investment in the economy may also help build employment opportunities, and unemployment high struggle Obama government submitted a report.
Immelt, the lifelong republican, from some of the shareholders, he and GE democratic senators barack Obama the job of the government fire. The role of chief executive he defended, says the general electric company executives in Washington has the voice.
"People need to try," he said. "I would rather than not to do so I can help." In trying to stage
In the Washington partisanship damage the economy slowing efforts, the reform of system, immelt said, to join, he is worried that the Wall Street words hurt others than those aims to.
"If your first comment is Wall Street is terrible, you of leadership, you don't hurt Wall Street," immelt said. "But there are some in Illinois guy, is not going to to build a factory today, because he thinks, the financial system is terrible self point of view. When leadership, such a man as I should try to do things more convergence is because the final count of."
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