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Gov. Spencer Cox will lead Utah trade mission to New Zealand and Australia.

The trade mission will focus largely on aerospace and defense, critical minerals and fintech.

Utah business leaders say the Beehive State continues to emerge as a key player in the global economy.

The geographical distance separating Utah from Auckland, New Zealand, is more than 7,000 miles — and the gap between the Beehive State and Sydney, Australia, is even wider.

But in today’s ever-shrinking global economy, they’re veritable neighbors.

As officials at World Trade Center Utah are apt to say: “Opportunity knows no distance.”

A delegation of some 80 people — led by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — is traveling to Auckland for a few days before moving on to Sydney next week for an Oceania-based trade miss

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