From Deseret News archives:
EU ambassador visits Utah to promote trade relations with Europe
Ambassador John Bruton made a three-day visit to Utah this week to hand-carry this message and promote trade relations.
"The European Union is the single largest economic body in the world. EU member states account for 40 percent of all global trade including considerable trade with Utah," says a written statement he is circulating here.
Bruton told the Deseret Morning News' editorial board Thursday that Utah has very practical reasons to be interested in the vitality of the European Union, which supplies 87 percent of foreign investment in Utah. Utah exports three times the quantity of goods to the European Union than it sends to China, Japan, Korea and India combined, he said.
Despite the war in Iraq, which many Europeans consider one of the "new challenges" in Europe's relationship with the United States, Bruton said he believes many in Europe understand the United States can't just walk away from Iraq and that the economic and military attention there will continue for some time. A current focus on President Bush as the promoter of a war unpopular with Europeans is tempered by the belief that Bush has tried to bring more attention back to America's European allies.
"Bush has made substantial efforts to reach out to Europe. I think when history is written, people will see that in better perspective," Bruton said.
Bruton's Utah visit is packed with an ambitious speaking schedule that includes lectures at Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Utah International Trade and Diplomacy Office and the World Trade Center of Utah. He is also scheduled to meet with Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Bruton was Ireland's prime minister from 1994-97 and has been in his current post since December 2004.
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