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On August 23, 2013, US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Caroline Atkinson announced the US private sector members who will serve the next term on the US-Brazil CEO Forum. The Forum will meet during the State visit of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to Washington, D.C., in October and will provide joint recommendations to both presidents on opportunities to advance the US-Brazil bilateral relationship. Pritzker and Atkinson will co-chair the ninth meeting of the CEO Forum along with Brazilian Presidential Chief of Staff Minister Gleisi Hoffmann and Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Fernando Pimentel. The Forum has had success opening discussions between the United States and Brazilian governments on a number of important issues, including visa reform, aviation, and education, and was instrumental in concluding the recent US-Brazil Tax Information Exchange Agreement. Launched in 2007, the CEO Forum meets biannually and consists of up to a total of 24 CEOs from the United States and Brazil. The US CEOs are appointed to a three-year term, and were selected from respondents to a Federal Register Notice for applicants to the US section of the Forum. In addition to the appointments of the following individuals to the Forum, Secretary Pritzker and Deputy National Security Advisor Atkinson have designated Patricia Woertz, Chairman, CEO, and President of Archer Daniels Midland Company to serve as Chair of the US Section of the Forum. US Section for the 2013-2016 Session of the US-Brazil CEO Forum:
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