Foreign trade

I know there is criticism of our Mayor's oversea trips looking for investment in Anderson. I will tell you that I am not necessarily one of those persons. I am critical that no one seems to know what is coming out of these trips but that is not a problem with the trips themselves. The Mayor's latest newsletter had news about Smith continued efforts with Japan and Israel. My understanding is that Canan over in Muncie is doing the same thing with China. I do wonder why the city makes the choices for overseas marketing that it does. However, anyone who thinks that our economic development does not need to include businesses who will export internationally needs to read this editorial from the Washington Post.