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Korean Trade Pact
4:36 pm
Mon March 28, 2011

U.S. agriculture secretary visits St. Louis to champion Korean trade pact

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack bids farwell to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) in St. Louis on March 28, 2011, after encouraging an audience of agriculture leaders from Missouri to focus on trade opportunities outside of their borders.

Missouri farmers stand to benefit under a free-trade pact currently before Congress.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in St. Louis today to urge Congress to pass the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

He said Missouri exports large amounts of pork and soybeans, products that have a ready market in South Korea.

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MO Statehouse
10:05 am
Tue December 7, 2010

China hub scuttled governor's Taiwan trip

It appears diplomatic concerns, not travel issues, are what's keeping Gov. Jay Nixon in the United States next week.

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