The governor said Washington businesses are seeing the results of his two trade missions to Asia.
Every visit is an opportunity to promote Washington products and services.
The governor said the state continues to be a safe harbor for foreign investors. Locke has led two separate international trade missions to Asia. In October 1997, Locke led a delegation to Tokyo, Japan and to mainland China, visiting President Jiang Zemin and other high-ranking government officials. Discussions centered on the need for access to markets in China. Also during the Japan mission this year, Washington Department of Agriculture Director Jim Jesernig met with the organizers of Flora 2000, a six-month international exhibit of nursery plants set for the year 2000 in Kobe.