there with us where our businesses were able to reach agreement to export $10 billion in goods and services to india. that s going to lead to another 50,000 jobs here in the united states. [ applause ] part of the reason i want to come to this plant is because this plan plat is what that tris all about, it s part of the deal we struck in india, ge is going to sell advanced turbines to generate power in a plant in india. most of you haven t heard of the town that they re going to. but now you need to though about it because you re selling them. and that new business half way around the world is going to help support more than 1200 manufacturing jobs and more than 400 engineering jobs right here
so we know we can compete. not just in the industries of the past but also in the industries of the future. but in an ever shrinking world, our success in these efforts will be determined not only by what we build here in new york, but also what we can sell in shanghai. for america to compete around the world, we heed to export more goods around the world. that s where the customers are. it s that simple. [ applause ] and as i was walking through the plant, you guys put up handy signs so i knew what i was looking at. and i noticed on all of them they said, you know, this is going to kuwait. this is going to india. this is going to saudi arabia. that s where the customers are. and we want to sell them products made here in america. that s why i met with chinese
potential, the potential that all of you represent. our challenge is to do everything we can to make it easier for folks to bring products to market and to start and expand new businesses and to grow at higher new workers. i want plants like this all across america. you guys are model of what s possible. and that s why as part of the tax cut compromise that i sipd at the e signed at the end of the year, we provide incentives to make new capital investments. ge is investing $13 million in advanced manufacturing at this plant, taking advantage of some of these tax breaks. we also extended a program that ge says its customers have used to invest $6 billion in clean energy production across this country. driving demand for the company s wind turbines. i saw one of those big turbines on the way in.
is putting our economy into overdrive. our job is to do everything we can to insure that businesses can take root and folks can find good jobs and america s leading the global competition that will determine our success in the 21st century. and so now to help fulfill this new mission, i m assembling a new group of business leaders and outside advisors. and i am so proud and pleased that jeff has agreed to chair this panel, my council on jobs and competitiveness because we think ge has something to teach businesses all across america. i hope you don t mind, i m going to brag about your boss for a second here. jeff is somebody who brings a wealth of experience to the table. he is one of the nation s most respected and admired business leaders. and that s a reputation he earned over ten years at the
efficient superficial or public level which is putting a big ceo of an american company out there and saying, look, he s on my team. but there is another layer here that i think is worthy of talking about. the real things that need to be done in this country to make changes have to do with things like the corporate taxes, regulation. those sorts of things are things that are going to ignite business to do hiring around here. and what s interesting is those are not republican or democratic issues. they re business against business issues. and he s going to need a guy like immelt not just for the public but for other ceos for the dramatic lobbying that is going to happen as president obama tries to make real changes that could create jobs in this country. and the other point we should make is that immelt in the past head of the business council and roundtable, he is among business leaders. he has a lot of sway with his colleagues. reporter: a lot of sway with colleagues and also a lo