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Utah's trade mission to Australia and New Zealand next week aims to strengthen economic ties.

Led by Gov. Spencer Cox, the mission focuses on aerospace, minerals and financial technology.

The World Trade Center Utah sees potential growth in defense, tech and finance sectors as reasons for the trip.

SALT LAKE CITY — 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 fo

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