Press Release

President George W. Bush to Address Maintaining North America's Economic Edge

President George W. Bush will deliver remarks about the prosperity and growth of the U.S. economy at the 2016 North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) Continental Reunion at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

President George W. Bush will deliver remarks about the prosperity and growth of the U.S. economy at the 2016 North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) Continental Reunion at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Following his remarks, the Bush Institute’s Economic Growth program, which is focused on promoting rapid growth of the U.S. economy through free market policies, will release new economic rankings for countries and trading blocs with an updated North America Competitiveness Scorecard, an online tool that benchmarks economic performance against other trade blocs and nations.

Matthew Rooney, Director of the North American Competitiveness Initiative, will announce policy recommendations aimed at growing our economy, and present the Bush Institute’s new Economic Integration tool, which analyzes the growth of trade and investment among the North American nations.

Members of the media who plan to attend MUST register here by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, November 11, 2016.  

When:
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Where:            
George W. Bush Presidential Center
2943 SMU Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75205

Who:               
President George W. Bush
Kenneth Hersh, President & CEO, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Matthew Rooney, Director of Economic Growth, the Bush Institute
The Honorable Brad Wall, Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan
Robert Kaplan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Secretary Fernando Turner, Secretary of Economic Development & Labor, Government of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
The Honorable David Wilkins, Former Ambassador of the U.S. to Canada

For more information on the North America Competitiveness Initiative or the Scorecard, please visit http://www.bushcenter.org/scorecard/ or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Instagram.

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About the Bush Institute:

Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the George W. Bush Institute is an action-oriented, nonpartisan policy organization with the mission of developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today’s most pressing challenges. The work is achieved through three Impact Centers – Domestic Excellence, Global Leadership, and our Engagement Agenda – by which the Bush Institute engages the greater community with its important work.