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Associated Press - November 29, 2009 6:04 AM ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - In the name of trade, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty heads south later this week - way south.
Pawlenty leaves Saturday on his seventh major trade trip in his seven years as governor. Brazil and Chile are on the itinerary.
Thirty-three people in the 44-member delegation are business executives. The rest are academic leaders and state officials, such as Pawlenty and his wife, Mary.
Neither country ranks particularly high on the Minnesota list of trading partners. Brazil was 15th in 2008 and Chile was 30th. But officials point to the large upswing in manufactured exports over the last decade as signs of a ripe market.
Pawlenty has previously led delegations to delegations to Canada, China, the Czech Republic, India, Israel and Poland.
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