From Deseret News archives:
Huntsman in Beijing: He meets with 'old counterpart'
Huntsman told the Deseret Morning News shortly before the meeting at the Ministry of Commerce that he used to sit across the bargaining table from Ma as a U.S. trade representative in the early days of President Bush's administration.
"She was not going to give in," the governor recalled about talks between the two governments on a variety of trade agreements, including the country's entry into the World Trade Organization, better known as the WTO.
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The governor is leading a delegation of representatives of 19 Utah businesses and educational institutions to Beijing and, later this week, to Shanghai, to encourage additional trade with China as well as educational and cultural exchanges.
The schedule for Huntsman's visit was still being finalized just hours before he met privately with U.S. Ambassador Sandy Randt over breakfast this morning. Randt was to be the guest of honor at a lunch reception later in the day. (China is 14 hours ahead of Utah.)
Added to Huntsman's agenda for today is time with the vice chairman of the National People's Congress, Cheng Si-wei, at the Great Hall of the People. It's rare for an American governor to sit down with a leader of the legislative arm of the People's Republic of China, Heimburger said.
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