US envoy pick goal to boost trade

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad thinks the US Midwest will attract more Chinese investment and hopes his state can again export beef to China.

Branstad, US President Donald Trump's pick as ambassador to China, also said he is "looking forward" to visiting China.

"I think in the near future there are a lot of opportunities (between China and the United States), and there is more and more interest in the economy," Branstad said on Tuesday in his office in Des Moines in a meeting with a Chinese investment delegation.