return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoConnecticut governor returns from trade mission to India with a broken armapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoThe real question is why the hell is a governor engaging in international trade or diplomacy? Art. 1 Sec 8.
minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoIt’s usually to promote business investments in their state as opposed to general trade. There are plenty of governors that do that from both political parties. The governor of my state just went to the UAE recently to do that, and has done several other trips as well over the years. https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2024/11/25/gov-whitmer-to-meet-with-business-leaders-and-foreign-officials-in-spain
The real question is why the hell is a governor engaging in international trade or diplomacy? Art. 1 Sec 8.
It’s usually to promote business investments in their state as opposed to general trade. There are plenty of governors that do that from both political parties.
The governor of my state just went to the UAE recently to do that, and has done several other trips as well over the years. https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2024/11/25/gov-whitmer-to-meet-with-business-leaders-and-foreign-officials-in-spain