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Earthquake shifts focus of Iowa trade trip

September 22, 1999 By admin

Governor Vilsack and a trade delegation from Iowa had to cut short theirvisit to Taiwan after the deadly earthquake hit that country. Vilsack saysit’s disappointing not to be able to carry through with their meetings.He says the delegation has been able to shift the focus of the tour afterleaving Taiwan and will spend two unscheduled days in Hong Kong.Vilsack says Hong Kong may open markets for portions of Iowa hogs that othercountries don’t use.The group of Iowans also plans stops in China and Japan.

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