From Deseret News archives:
Consul has high hopes
He seeks to increase high-tech, tourism business between Mexico and Utah
"The level of commerce going on now is not at the level we wish it would be," he says. "That's why we'll push very hard in that direction."
Just as important as economic ties are cultural ones, says Jimenez. He plans on bringing cultural exhibits and promoting educational exchanges. The goal, he says: "Making our heritage better known."
Jimenez's immediate goal is securing a visit by President Vicente Fox, who travels with a delegation that includes business executives. If the visit is confirmed, it will be sometime this summer, he says.
"It will be the main way to promote these ideas," Jimenez says. "Most important, it's a way to promote community and economic development that is driving the business community."
Economic development's move from the Department of Community and Economic Development to Huntsman's office would require legislative approval.
Ladd Christensen, Huntsman's co-director of business and economic development, says he's focusing on international business development and is currently working on a study of which global markets to target.
"We're all in concurrence, you can't shotgun the world," Christensen says. "We want to identify targets with the greatest potential for our economy."
Also, there are markets that are "clearly becoming the economies of tomorrow," including China, India, Singapore and Japan, he says.
"If we take Mexico, which may be developing less quickly, one thing we have to clearly consider is that they are our neighbors," Christensen says. "It's important to develop a relationship."
Christensen says Huntsman's public career includes foreign service, which lends itself well to building international ties.
"Some of the major leaguers in China have been incredibly impressed," Christensen says of the governor's fluency in Mandarin Chinese.
Huntsman resigned his trade ambassadorship in President Bush's administration to return to Utah to run for governor. He was also in charge of Asian trade work for the first President Bush and served as U.S. ambassador to Singapore.
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