Growing export ties help fuel business success

"Fantastic" and "growing" is how Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch describes the economic relationship between her state and China, which is its third-largest export destination behind Canada and Mexico.

The state exported $1.4 billion of goods to China in 2016, a 63.6 percent jump from 10 years ago, and a 345.5 percent increase from 2001, according to statistics from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or WEDC.

Some of the state's goods are very popular among Chinese consumers, especially ginseng. More than 90 percent of Wisconsin's ginseng is exported to the country.