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SUMMARY:Monthly Luncheon - October 2007
DESCRIPTION:Back in January 2007\, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced he would lead a delegation of Minnesota business executives and government officials to India on October 19 to explore trade and investment opportunities along with making inroads with key Indian and U.S. business organizations. Sen. Chaudhary will participate in that trade mission and is looking to hold a listening session with area businesses so that he is able to research and obtain information of specific interest to businesses in his district.\nMORE ABOUT THE TRADE MISSION: The 30-member delegation will travel to New Delhi\, Bangalore\, and Mumbai October 20-27\, 2007 for a series of market and industry presentations\, networking events\, roundtable discussions and one-on-one business events with potential Indian customers\, distributors and partners.  India's gross domestic product grew an average 7 percent per year between 1994 and 2004 and recently has tracked at nearly 9 percent. U.S. manufactured exports to India reached $6.8 billion in 2005\, an increase of 111 percent since 2000. There is strong potential for Indian investment in Minnesota. In 2005\, Indian investors owned assets worth $1.36 billion in the United States\, up from $277 million in 2002Luncheons are open to all members and prospective members.  Format includes networking\, a brief welcome with announcements and the opportunity for all in attendance to introduce themselves and their company.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt\; font-family: Arial">Back in January 2007\, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced he would lead a delegation of <st1:state w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:state> business executives and government officials to <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> on October 19 to explore trade and investment opportunities along with making inroads with key Indian and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> business organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt\; font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt\; font-family: Arial">Sen. Chaudhary will participate in that trade mission and is looking to hold a listening session with area businesses so that he is able to research and obtain information of specific interest to businesses in his district.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt\; font-family: Arial\; mso-fareast-font-family: &rsquo\;Times New Roman&rsquo\;\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br />MORE ABOUT THE TRADE <st1:city w:st="on">MISSION</st1:city>: The 30-member delegation will travel to <st1:city w:st="on">New Delhi</st1:city>\, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city>\, and Mumbai October 20-27\, 2007 for a series of market and industry presentations\, networking events\, roundtable discussions and one-on-one business events with potential Indian customers\, distributors and partners.&nbsp\; <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>&rsquo\;s gross domestic product grew an average 7 percent per year between 1994 and 2004 and recently has tracked at nearly 9 percent. <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> manufactured exports to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> reached $6.8 billion in 2005\, an increase of 111 percent since 2000. There is strong potential for Indian investment in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:place></st1:state>. In 2005\, Indian investors owned assets worth $1.36 billion in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>\, up from $277 million in 2002</span></p><p>Luncheons are open to all members and prospective members.&nbsp\; Format includes networking\, a brief welcome with announcements and the opportunity for&nbsp\;all in attendance to introduce themselves and their company.&nbsp\;</p>
LOCATION:Our Bar & Grille (Main Street Village) 500 Fifth Ave.New Brighton\, MN 55112
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URL:https://business.twincitiesnorth.org/events/details/monthly-luncheon-october-2007-10-11-2007-1789
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