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Article: The Charleston Gazette, W.Va., Business Briefs Column.
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- March 19, 2001
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The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 19--WEST VIRGINIA TO HOST TURKISH TRADE OFFICIALS: The first Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project, hosted by Gov. Bob Wise and Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., will be held Friday in Jefferson County.
Last year, congressional members from 13 states launched the trade initiative with Turkey, a country the U.S. Department of Commerce calls one of the top 10 "big emerging markets."
Wise and Byrd will speak with Baki Ilkin, Turkish ambassador to the United States; W. Robert Pearson, U.S. ambassador to Turkey, and John Breidenstine, the Department of Commerce's senior commercial ...