By Salt Lake Chamber

The Salt Lake Chamber hosted the U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Richard Olson. He sat down with Lew Cramer to discuss the export opportunities between the U.A.E. and Utah businesses.

By World Trade Center Utah

On Thursday, August 12, 2010, the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (UCCD) paid tribute to remarkable Utah leaders who help shape U.S. foreign relations “one handshake at a time,” and presented Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price, and Rosemary Baron, with the 2010 Citizen Diplomat Award.

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Ms. Sachie Tanaka, Assistant Manager, Tourism and Convention Bureau, Kobe City Government (Japan), visited Salt Lake City August 8-11, 2010 as a guest of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, administered locally by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy.

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Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative and Senior Commercial Officer in Beijing, Tim Stratford, provided a thought provoking presentation to an invited audience of Utah businesses and educational representatives, hosted by the World Trade Center Utah and the Salt Lake Chamber.

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“The Bible tells us that we shouldn’t be envious of others,” began the presentation by Her Excellency Gabriela Shaw, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. Ambassador Shaw then went on to share how much Utah and Israel have in common in their vibrant, young, entrepreneurial workforce, in their outstanding physical geography, both beautiful and similar, and their resilient economy in the face of the world’s economic woes.

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Katie Calvert is one of three Hinckley Interns who is currently interning at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, a six-month event that will attract 70 million people worldwide

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Utah and the annual summer Outdoor Retailers trade show welcomed a visiting delegation from the Taiwan Textile Federation this week.

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Mr. Takeru Hamaura from the International Affairs Department of the Matsumoto (Japan) Chamber of Commerce and Industry paid a courtesy visit last week to the Salt Lake Chamber, Sister Chamber of the Matsumoto Chamber.