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Q&A With Statesman's Rocky Barker: Governor's China Trip Worth The Tax Dollars

Rocky Barker is a reporter for the Idaho Statesman.
Idaho Statesman
Rocky Barker is a reporter for the Idaho Statesman.

Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and Idaho commerce and business officials are preparing for their week-long trip to China.  The trade mission takes off this Saturday.

Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker attended the 2010 trade mission and has written extensively about the trip and Idaho-China relations over the last couple of years.  Barker isn’t going along this time, but says regardless of political rancor, the trip is a worthy mission for Idaho’s economy.  Continue reading...

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