My administration is committed to ensuring that the United States continues to be the most attractive place for businesses to locate, invest, grow, and create jobs.

Inbound investment has long been an important component of our overall economy.

We place our bets on entrepreneurs and on workers and on our families.

We're still fighting for an economy that works for ordinary Americans.

We've added more than 2 million private sector jobs over the last 15 months alone.

An economy that was shrinking is now growing again.

Ultimately, job growth is going to be driven by the private sector.

We had averted the worst possibilities of a Great Depression.

The middle class is obviously, to our mind, the primary focus of everything that we do in terms of the economic policies we pursue.

We have what it takes for America to grow and to prosper.

Government is not and should not be the main engine of job creation in this country.

They're just looking for a job that covers their bills.

I see a United States where this Nation is able to outcompete every country on Earth.

I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we're on is not producing jobs as quickly as I want it to happen.

Exports to Germany support roughly 400,000 U.S. jobs.

The United States is the largest source of foreign direct investment in the EU.

Germany is among the top five largest sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States.

The Chancellor and I discussed the need to eliminate regulations and barriers so we can unleash even more trade and investment.