8-22-12 Fox2now.com ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) — Regional leaders have announced a to develop closer ties with one of the world’s fastest growing economies.  Former U.S. Senator Kit Bond, County Executive Charlie Dooley, and County Economic Council President Denny Coleman are going to China.  They are associated with a group called the St. Louis World […]

8-22-12 St. Louis Business Journal by Greta Weiderman Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond and the World Trade Center St. Louis are planning a trade delegation trip to China in December, the most recent in a string of efforts to deepen the region’s ties with China, the world’s fastest-growing large economy and Missouri’s third largest export market. “Expanding […]

8-22-12 St. Louis Business Journal St. Louis Morning Call Business leaders and the World Trade Center St. Louis are planning a trade delegation to China in December, the most recent in a string of efforts to deepen the region’s ties with the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The trip, led by former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, […]

8-22-12 AP St. Louis-area business leaders are planning a visit to China later this year in an effort to increase the region’s ties to the fast-growing Chinese economy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that former Republican Sen. Kit Bond will lead the delegation to four cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou. The trip is scheduled for the first week […]

8-22-12 St. Louis Post Dispatch by Tim Logan Local business leaders and the World Trade Center St. Louis are planning a trade delegation to China, the latest in a long string of efforts to deepen the region’s ties with the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The trip, to the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, will […]

7-14-12 St. Louis Post Dispatch by Tim Logan Missouri companies continued to sell more products overseas in the first half of 2012, despite the cooling global economy. Exports from Missouri grew to $7.5 billion in the first six months of the year, up 5.8 percent from the same period in 2011, according to new data from […]

1-2-12 St. Louis Business Journal by Jeremy Nulik The World Trade Center St. Louis’ Ana Romero-Lizana said lexicon and cash flow are the biggest hurdles to building business internationally.               After 30 years of international business experience with companies such as Caterpillar, Monsanto and Solutia, Ana Romero-Lizana thought she had seen […]