US envoy nominee Branstad member of Masons, banned in China

Trump spokesperson Jason Miller confirmed that Branstad had accepted the offer, but he must first be confirmed by Congress. “China is in the heart of Governor Branstad, and he understands how important China is for the USA”, he added.

Rickets praises decision to name Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as ambassador to China.

In 2012, Branstad referred to Xi as “very outgoing and very personable” and called the president’s personal remarks at the state dinner in Des Moines “very honest and very genuine”.

She’s now part of a group called 50/50 in 2020, the whole idea is to have 50 percent of the Iowa legislature represented by women in the year 2020.

“He was very pleased with the very friendly, warm reception he received in Iowa and he really feels a kinship and friendship with the people of Iowa”, Branstad told AFP at the time, noting that Xi had revealed he had saved the itinerary from his 1985 trip. The president-elect is visiting states that played a key role in his victory last month over Democrat Clinton. He has strong relationship with Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping. And Trump blasted China for “not helping with the menace of North Korea”. Today Iowa exports more soybeans to China than to all other countries combined as well as corn, pork and other farm products.

Vilsack calls Branstad a promoter of United States business and agriculture, which he says is a major job of ambassadors.

In an interview with Time, Trump continued to take on corporate America, promising to bring down drug prices and causing shares of US pharmaceutical and biotech companies to fall.

“There is quite a bit of hosting obligations as well”.

As for the reaction in China to the election of Donald Trump as President, Baucus said that verdict is still out. Chinese officials have warned that the U.S.is bound by World Trade Organization rules, which restrain countries from imposing sanctions without making a persuasive case.

Starting next year, that will change.

Just minutes before introducing Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) as his nominee to serve as ambassador to China, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the world’s second largest economic power in front of a crowd of Iowans.

“They’re looking to work on that relationship” with China, he said.

“Given Xi’s penchant to keeping things close-hold, it is important for the U.S.to have a reliable and direct communication channel to him”, said Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was a proponent of keeping open the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “China relations”, said Albert Park, economist at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“What’s more important is how to handle the challenges arising in the Trump era”. Trump accused China of the “massive theft of intellectual property” from US companies.

So how would the governor of a Midwestern state help maintain and potentially improve U.S. “I’m hopeful that she can come in and say, ‘Hey, let’s do this differently'”. It isn’t the 100-pound elephant with the rug over it anymore. He was elected to the Iowa House in 1972 before being elected lieutenant governor in 1978.

Governor Branstad’s selection as U.S. Ambassador to China could mean a boost to the agricultural economies of Iowa and Nebraska. And he understands and appreciates the importance of trade.

“He’s a known commodity (in China), more so probably than any other political leader save for (President) Obama”, said Albrecht.

Cass County Democratic Party Chair, Sherry Toelle, said she’d predicted Governor Branstad would not finish out his term, leaving Lt. Governor Reynolds to succeed him, “but I did not anticipate his leaving office for an Ambassadorship!” “That’s why he’s a good pick, because he does have that relationship”. And it matters. You can have a candid conversation.