{"id":157953,"date":"2016-12-07T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T22:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=157953"},"modified":"2016-12-07T17:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T22:10:46","slug":"trump-appoints-pro-life-gov-terry-branstad-as-ambassador-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/trump-appoints-pro-life-gov-terry-branstad-as-ambassador-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump appoints pro-life Governor Terry Branstad as ambassador to China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Wednesday, Jason Miller, a\u00a0spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump, confirmed that Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has accepted\u00a0Trump’s offer to serve as ambassador to China under the new\u00a0administration, according to The Des Moines Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Branstad, who in addition to serving as Iowa’s\u00a0governor since 2011, also held that office from 1983 to 1999, is an excellent fit for the job, says Miller:<\/p>\n

Gov. Branstad, obviously as Iowa\u2019s long-serving governor, is someone who has considerable public-policy experience, but also someone who has a lot of experience and [a] great grasp of trade issues, agriculture issues, has a tremendous understanding of China and Chinese people… It\u2019s very clear that Gov. Branstad is someone who will represent our country well on the world stage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Branstad has experience working with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and has reportedly developed a friendship with him. The Des Moines Register reports that Branstad first met Xi in 1985, when Branstad was serving his first term as governor. Xi was a Communist Party official, visiting Iowa to learn about agricultural techniques. In 2011, Branstad again met with Xi, this time in China, and invited him to visit Iowa again – an offer Xi accepted.<\/p>\n

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