>>9165389 (pb) China / Missouri Digz (Smithfield Foods...)

Missouri Sues China, Communist Party Over The Coronavirus Pandemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/21/840550059/missouri-sues-china-communist-party-over-the-coronavirus-pandemic

“Illinois, Missouri Wasted Millions on Garbage Masks From China, Demand Refund”

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2020/04/illinois-missouri-wasted-millions-garbage-masks-daniel-greenfield/

Dr. James P. Baker: received the National Friendship Award in Beijiing, China … This marks the highest honor the Chinese government confers to foreign experts.

https://china.missouristate.edu/

Dr. James P. Baker: Vice President for Research and Economic Development and International Programs

https://www.missouristate.edu/president/JBaker.aspx

Rob Dixon is the Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

an intelligence analyst in Afghanistan and Pakistan immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks

https://ded.mo.gov/office-of-director

MISSOURI Department of Economic Development: $[5.6] million expansion in Springfield and is creating more than [13] new jobs - July 15, 2016

“JRI Holdings currently manufactures in Springfield, Connecticut and CHINA.”

“Gov. Jay Nixon said. “I thank JRI Holdings for their investment”

https://ded.mo.gov/content/jri-holdings-breaks-ground-56m-expansion-springfield

Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that his trade mission to the Republic of Korea and the Republic of China (Taiwan) had resulted in agreements to sell a total of $1.9 billion in Missouri goods to Korean and Taiwanese consumers over the next four years.

“More Missouri goods sold to consumers overseas means more good jobs for Missourians back home. That is why we have worked hard from day one to help Missouri businesses and farms export their products in every corner of the globe,” Gov. Nixon said. - Mar 21, 2013

https://fox4kc.com/news/gov-nixons-trade-mission-results-in-agreements-to-sell-1-9-billion-in-mo-goods-overseas/

$100 million in investment in Missouri by Chinese businesses as well

Peabody Energy: “invested in our state.”

https://www.missourinet.com/2011/10/26/nixon-signing-trade-agreements-in-china-as-travels-talks-continue/

Gov. Nixon: “met a number of high-level Chinese government officials ... also addressed the U.S. China Business Council and received a briefing from a Missouri company, Peabody Energy, on its operations in China.”

https://www.komu.com/news/gov-nixon-closes-china-export-agreement/

“Peabody Energy, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri,[6] is the largest private-sector coal company in the world”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Energy

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