Global Utah Weekly
(June 4, 2009) – A delegation from the Regional Government of Piura (Peru), headed by Regional President Cesar Trelles Lara, was hosted by the Utah World Trade Center, Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the Salt Lake Chamber last week. President Lara shared information about the current economic situation in Peru, as well as a [...]
A delegation of business and government leaders traveled to Japan last week with the inaugural Delta Air Lines’ non-stop flight from Salt Lake City to Tokyo. The delegation was led by Jason Perry, Executive Director of the Governors Office of Economic Development and included, SLC Mayor Ralph Becker, Chris Redgrave (Chair of the Board of [...]
His Excellency Peter N.R.O. Ogego, Kenya’s ambassador to the U.S., who was scheduled to visit Salt Lake City June 11 – 13 has been delayed by urgent business in his country, and will not arrive until Friday the 12th. Consequently His Excellency is regretfully unable to fulfill his planned schedule for Thursday the 11th, including [...]
China has instituted procedures for border authorities to screen for the possibility of influenza among passengers on arriving international flights. Many travelers enter China’s borders each day without difficulty. However, travelers should be aware of the current procedures, detailed below. For more current information on the H1N1 flu, please also consult the US Center for [...]
The World Trade Organization expects the volume of world trade to decline by 9% this year, the largest decline since World War II, while the International Monetary Fund now projects that world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will decline 1.3%–the first negative number in 60 years. These expectations contrast sharply with the past decade which experienced [...]







