Some in the Obama administration must be disappointed by the lukewarm receptionbusiness leaders and the public have given to recent regulatory red-tape cutting efforts.
As well as making a speech on climate change, he will attend a meeting of Italian business leaders and a reception to promote the "slow food" movement of local sourcing and organic production.
But as Wales wanted to portray a warm welcome in the hillsides to boost tourism and entice business, the world will remember a reception where the roof leaked and the bunting blew away.
When talking about my business, I ask if my investors have paid for a wedding, attended a large wedding reception, or tried to buy a green product online in recent years.