Mississippi Business Journal » foreign trade http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Canadian ambassador to ‘Hobnob’ this week http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/29/canadian-ambassador-to-hobnob-this-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canadian-ambassador-to-hobnob-this-week http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/29/canadian-ambassador-to-hobnob-this-week/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:27:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64521 JACKSON — The Canadian ambassador to the United States will be in Mississippi on Wednesday. The Clarion-Ledger reports Gary Doer is a special guest at Wednesday’s Mississippi Hobnob 2012, an annual event hosted by the Mississippi Economic Council, the state’s chamber of commerce. Canadian Consul General Stephen Brereton will also be a special guest. Hundreds [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/11/11/alabama-halts-sale-of-imported-fish/feed/ 0 Vilsack meets with Cochran Program alumni http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/11/03/vilsack-meets-with-cochran-program-alumni/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vilsack-meets-with-cochran-program-alumni http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/11/03/vilsack-meets-with-cochran-program-alumni/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:43:25 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=14670 SHANGHAI, China — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met recently with alumni of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Cochran Fellowship Program in Shanghai, China. At a sit-down reception with about 15 Cochran Fellows, Vilsack thanked the alumni for their hard work and on selecting a career of vital importance to global trade and development. The [...]

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