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operation but CEO Ed Bastian highlighted new passenger messaging technology and cool ecosystems for handling the heavy lifting • Mercedes again showed CES is still a major event for autos with CEO Ola Kallenius showing o" a breathtaking concept car, Avtr, introduced by James Cameron • Colgate (CTO Dr. Patricia Verdiun) and Unilever (CEO Alan Jope) saw the importance of leveraging technology by announcing advances in oral and personal, health announcements plus the necessity for a Charmin delivery robot Putting politics on the shelf, we were glad to see CTA have Ivanka Trump keynote on "The Path to the Future to Work" because as Shapiro emphasized the industry has to work with all governments on important issues. During the inter view, she emphasized one of the White House's priorities is to work with private industry to build the work force. "If we can't come together on this, we can't come together on anything," she said. An initiative that has a high priority with Shapiro and CTA , she noted that part of her focus was on skills-training and entrepreneurship and that she was actively looking for new ways to bring people into the workforce. Shapiro asked about immigration and specifically about allowing highly skilled workers to come to the U.S. to fill vacant jobs. Trump agreed that the government's policies should be revised to allow highly educated non-citizens to live and work in the U.S. while emphasizing that attention also has to be given to marginalized, unskilled Americans. Shapiro noted that 42 CTA members have identified nearly 400,000 training opportunities over the next five years. With the US having one of the weakest parental leave programs among industrialized countries, Shapiro asked Trump about the recently signed law that grants federal workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave. "We cannot ask all of you to offer this benefit to your workforces unless we are able to do it ourselves," she responded. Addressing Shapiro and the audience at the end of the interview she said, "I believe innovation is a net job- producer… Innovation will allow for more inclusive growth." Toward 5G Everywhere After a two-year delay, FCC chairman Ajit Pai finally sat down with CTA's Shapiro to address the next- generation 5G technology in the US, conceding there were challenges in getting it everywhere it is needed. He acknowledged it was important to get 5G service widely available in cities