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After corporate leaders exit, associations roll up their sleeves

Dissolution of presidential business councils highlights many associations' role as conduits between White House, business community Howard While several of the nation's top business leaders publicly cut ties with President Donald Trump following his controversial remarks about the protests in Charlottesville, Va., many associations continued to work behind the scenes to keep lines of communication open with the White House as tax reform and other high-priority policy issues loom on the horizon. Trump's business councils on policy and manufacturing officially dissolved Aug. 16 after several CEOs resigned from both groups following the president's remarks, which critics… Read More