Global Times warning of “Punishment measures against.... the State of Missouri.... “ https://twitter.com/huxijin_gt/status/1260612306632732672

Missouri has received ~$1.18 billion in FDI from China since 2010, according to @NCUSCR @rhodium_group reporting: https://www.us-china-investment.org/us-china-foreign-direct-investments/fdi-data

In 2018, MO exported $780million worth of goods to China (state's 3rd-largest trading partner after Canada, $5.6B, & Mexico, $2.6B): https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits/mo

Here's a (2016) snapshot of the economic relationship from @USChinaBusiness (note drop since this data stops):

Drop is partly related to reduced export of soybeans given tariff/trade conflict btw US & China (~1/3 of MO soybeans, the state's largest ag export, used to go to China).
See this panel at MU in fall 2018: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/u-s--china-trade-wars-are-affecting-midwestern-farmers-panelists-say/article_9b7d5a0e-cdad-11e8-9c52-478d0db194b0.html

cc: @Mizzou @MaryStegmaier & others who manage the university's international programs/exposure....