"Ryan who visited Castro to sell some corn and soybeans"
Posted on 09/10/2004 8:05:48 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
CLAYTON, Mo. - The state of Missouri will open a marketing office in China by the end of the year in an effort to help the state's businesses gain a foothold in one of the world's fastest-growing markets, Gov. Bob Holden said Friday.
To help inaugurate the effort, Holden and his wife, Lori Hauser Holden, will visit China Sept. 21 through Oct. 2. That trip will be paid for by the Hawthorn Foundation, a privately funded group aimed at assisting the state in economic development activities.
The marketing office in Shanghai will employ one or two people and cost the state $150,000 annually, Holden said. Missouri also has three marketing offices in Mexico and one each in Seoul, Tokyo, Taiwan and London, though the England office is being shut down.
Recent moves to make China more open to international trade make it imperative for Missouri to develop stronger economic ties there, Holden told reporters in this St. Louis suburb.
Constitutionalists, what is the role of states in "free trade" and international trade? Is there a constitutional role for a state to take?
FYI for Missouri free trade.
"Free trade is something you have to actively be involved with," Bartelsmeyer said. "You have to be sophisticated. You have to play the game."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/9631906.htm
Forgot to excerpt.
Show me (pun intended)why they would want to outsource their business to Red China?
Of course the joke was how many Cuban cigars his entourage returned with...uh, having Cuban contraband is against Federal Law. No matter to high public office and business for the State.
"Ryan who visited Castro to sell some corn and soybeans"
Not to my knowledge. It's the role of Congress to regulate trade. Of course, that was back when most all of the power belonged to the states. It was then up to us to elect sane and sensible State reps to Congress. It was up to them to represent us in the Federal body. All that's changed. States now have very little power with the Federal branches grabbing all of the control. They in turn throw all of their support to business interests, which means the citizen is getting the shaft in all branches of government today.
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That's what I'm talking about.
Tell your friends.
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