WASHINGTON, D.C.–Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger said last week that he hopes U.S. negotiators will take a pragmatic approach that focuses on market access during the 90-day suspension of the trade war between the United States and China.
“We should be thinking about pragmatic market access,” Linebarger stated Thursday at a summit on innovation attended by a group of CEOs from America’s largest companies who believe business leaders have a responsibility to help build an economic future in the U.S.
Linebarger asked, “What are our goals in the near term, this 90-day term?” He suggested that starting with a single issue like market access can build momentum toward solving other issues which currently have the two economic superpowers at odds. “I think as soon as we are into negotiation and engagement, the chances for win-win solutions go up.” The Cummins CEO has been an outspoken advocate for free trade and a critic of retaliatory tactics such as tariffs.
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