U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced during an event earlier today at the White House, that the French shipping and logistics company, Compagnie maritime d’affrètement - Compagnie générale maritime or CMA CGM, would be investing $20 billion into the United States. The deal will create upwards of 10,000 jobs as well as include the expansion of container ports and the creation of an air cargo hub in Chicago. 
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CMA CGM, the largest French shipping and logistics company with a global presence, is the same company to be the first foreign entity to open business in a Syria controlled by the new transitional government. We covered this at the time. 