Business leaders and officials say small companies making products from pickles to ice cream have received help from the Export-Import Bank. The bank's supporters recently met in Washington. They say U.S. exports would slow without help from the government agency. And that, they say, would hurt economic growth.______________________商界领袖和政府官员说一些小企业从制作咸菜到冰激凌的公司都获得了进出口银行的帮助.最近银行支持者在华盛顿举行了会晤.他们说美国出口如果没有政府机构的帮助增长速度就会放缓.他们还说这样就会对经济发展造成损伤._______________________
