Business Groups to Press Trump for Virus Response to Curb Damage

  • Retailers, hotels seek expansion of unemployment insurance
  • White House hosts parade of industry executives to hear ideas

A traveler wearing a protective face mask looks at a mobile phone at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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The travel, energy, manufacturing and consumer product industries are pressing the Trump administration and Congress to take decisive action to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus and plunging oil prices.