Gov. Walker hopes to bolster China connection
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker hopes a trade mission he is leading to China will help expand markets for Wisconsin products in the world’s second-largest economy.
Walker will visit four cities in 10 days in April. He will meet with representatives from China’s agriculture, machinery, medical devices and clean energy industries.
Walker also hopes the mission will attract capital for Wisconsin businesses.
China is Wisconsin’s third-largest export market behind Canada and Mexico. The state moved more than $1.5 billion in exports to China last year.
The governor’s office doesn’t yet have an estimate on the trip’s public cost. Private companies are paying their own way.
This is Walker’s first trip to China. Former Gov. Jim Doyle led several trade missions to the country.
Mar 11, 2013 at 6:13 p.m.
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Well if it's ok for Bush ........Oh yeah that's right it's only ok if it's a repub! I see how that works in those small minds!
Mar 11, 2013 at 3:47 p.m.
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wiggle mouse, and what Obama continues to do with his crony donators on wall street too.
Mar 11, 2013 at 6:28 a.m.
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No one in office needs to waste money traveling
Mar 10, 2013 at 8:26 p.m.
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thatwaseasy- you just described what Bush did with the bank bail outs!
Mar 10, 2013 at 8:02 p.m.
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Bad Democrats=Unions that steal hard working peoples paychecks and redistribute to cigar smoking fat cats.
Mar 10, 2013 at 7:46 p.m.
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and msnbc is so truthfull give me a break furd fan.. liberals are taking our country down enjoy the ride.
Mar 10, 2013 at 6:07 p.m.
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We do have land for sale! How about some power plants?
Mar 10, 2013 at 3:51 p.m.
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Bad Republicans = Sweatshops and love them
Mar 10, 2013 at 1:43 p.m.
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How do you say "Toll Booth" in Chinese ?
Mar 10, 2013 at 1:23 p.m.
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We may export $1.5B to China, but the media doesn't want to tell you how many billion$ more are imported to WI economy. Yep, let's keep supporting sweatshops and human rights violators. Now we know why middle class factory jobs are no longer in the USA.
Mar 10, 2013 at 1 p.m.
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Actually it has been said that he has a SuperPAC in China that is under-performing and he needs to give them a pep-talk......on our dime of course.
("it has been said" is the Fox News way of putting a rumor or a lie out into the public without being help accountable. Now we will see how it works going this way).
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:50 p.m.
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Hence, a good reason to learn Chinese (Mandarin).
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.
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China is interested in buying land.
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:27 p.m.
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...this explains Dr. Schulte's trips to China.
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:15 p.m.
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Are you listening 'concerned'. It is so we can build it, and China buys it! The opposite of what the usual concern is. At least that's what I take from this report. So the outrage is still against the idiot Doyle.
Mar 10, 2013 at noon
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I expect the same people who were outraged about Doyle's trip to Spain to be outraged about Walker's trip here.
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