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Article: China, Slovakia, others wooed for trade ties.
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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Byline: Jim Stafford
Oct. 10--Neal McCaleb, chairman of Chickasaw Nation Enterprises, offered evidence Tuesday that the global economy includes Oklahoma's Indian tribes.
The Chickasaw Nation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Slovakia "to extend trade between these two sovereigns," McCaleb told an audience of international business and government leaders at the Centennial Business Conference at the Sheraton Hotel.
And there is more. McCaleb made a strong pitch to his international audience that Oklahoma's Indian tribes should be considered as trading partners along with U.S. and state governments and private ...