Posted on 07/28/2005 7:30:53 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Granholm, deep in heart of competition, seeks Japan investment (News Directors: This deletes ``Jennifer'' in governor's name to conform to AP style.)
TOKYO (AP) Governor Granholm continues her tour of Japan today, seeking to lure investment from a country that once threatened her state's main industry with ruin.
She told reporters in Tokyo that her five-day trade mission to Japan underscores the new reality of the global economy -- evolve, or die.
Granholm says Japan remains the heart of the competition for Michigan automakers.
But she says it's crucial for her state to lure Japanese investment, whether it come in the form of new Toyota plants, biotech companies or alternative energy start-ups.
Granholm has singled out biotechnology investment as a major goal.
I can't imagine that the Japanese are going to agree to sell their souls to the UAW. And if Granholm gives them an exception, Ford and GM will go nuts.
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