Premier Gordon Campbell will board a plane bound for South Korea this morning, leading an Asian trade mission comprising British Columbia’s largest-ever delegation of green businesses.
The group of about 30 clean technology and green design companies will be in Seoul and Suwon in South Korea until Wednesday, and then in Beijing until next Saturday.
“Virtually every Asian economy is looking for opportunities to find clean technology and green design,” Campbell said in an interview Friday.
“We have literally dozens and dozens of companies coming to say, ‘Here’s what we have to offer.'”
Campbell said while in Korea he plans to open B.C.’s first trade and investment office in Seoul and to meet Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo.
“One of the things we’re trying to do is diversify our markets so we don’t have the kind of dependency we’ve had on American trade,” said Campbell.
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun – Premier leads delegation of green firms to Asia.