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China Hub
4:20 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Mo.-St. Louis Trade Delegation In China Renews Air Cargo Hub Efforts

Credit Jason Van Eaton, Kit Bond Strategies
Seated l-r: Tim Nowak, World Trade Center St. Louis, and Chung Tam, chief rep., Greater China Amer. Society of Transp. & Logistics...standing l-r: former Sen. Kit Bond and Ricardo Pelaez from US Consulate Gen.'s Shanghai office.

Missouri and St. Louis-area leaders are wrapping up a trade mission to China this week designed to revive the so-called China Hub project.

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China Hub Tax Credits / Deer Hunting
5:44 pm
Tue November 1, 2011

Nixon mum on plans for China hub tax credits during hunting program event

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon encourages local deer hunters to donate venison through the Share the Harvest program during a visit to the St. Louis Area Food Bank on Nov. 1, 2011. Nixon also answered questions regarding trade relations with China at the event.

While in the St. Louis region Tuesday for a press conference on the Share the Harvest program (which you can learn more about below) Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon called his trade trip to China productive - however, he had little to say about whether he wants to renew efforts to get tax credits for a China hub.

The Democrat said his week-long trip resulted in $4.6 billion in export agreements between Missouri and China.

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MO Statehouse/Nixon trade trip
5:06 pm
Thu October 20, 2011

Nixon says lack of China hub agreement won't change trade trip to the country

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Gov. Jay Nixon and Chinese ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, during a state dinner in Feb. 2010. Nixon leaves for China tomorrow on a eight-day trade mission.

In August, Gov. Jay Nixon, with much fanfare, called for a special session of the Missouri General Assembly.

So, what's the top priority for everyone? A package of tax credits affectionately known as "Aerotropolis," which would provide incentives for the creation of a hub for Chinese cargo at Lambert Airport.

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