Pawlenty to lead trade mission to China and Japan
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to lead a trade mission to China and Japan this fall to, as a news release this morning put it, ``help Minnesota companies increase exports, build strategic relationships and explore new business opportunities.''
China had become an ``outstanding actor in the trade agenda'' for Latin America and it was time to grow the relationship further, a UN regional commission official said in Buenos Aires Thursday.Chile-based Osvaldo Rosales, director for trade and integration at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, was presenting a paper, ``The eruption of China into the world economy.