Jon Huntsman in Newsweek
On Corporations:
Aggressively pro-business agenda as governor
While serving as governor of Utah, he pursued an aggressively pro-business agenda--including targeted tax cuts and foreign-trade missions--that helped create the nation's second-fastest-growing economy over the last five years. And his current post
provides him with the street cred of a fully converted deficit hawk. After all, who could preach more passionately on the dangers of fiscal recklessness than the U.S. ambassador to China?
Source: Newsweek magazine, "The Manchurian Candidate"
Jan 4, 2011
On Tax Reform:
Pro-business agenda, including targeted tax cuts
As ambassador, he refuses to wade into the high-profile political fights of the day. But while serving as governor of Utah, he pursued an aggressively pro-business agenda--including targeted tax cuts and foreign-trade missions
--that helped create the nation's second-fastest-growing economy over the last five years. And his current post as ambassador to China provides him with the street cred of a fully converted deficit hawk.
Source: Newsweek profile, "The Manchurian Candidate"
Jan 4, 2011
On Technology:
Prevent Chinese manufacturers from selling patented products
By carefully stringing together various groups that aren't natural allies--including Chinese businesspeople, US entrepreneurs, and government officials from both countries--Huntsman is slowly convincing Beijing that it's in everyone's best interests to
prevent local manufacturers from selling patented products like knockoff iPads. The question is far from resolved, but, the embassy insider says, "if we turn the corner on this, it will be because of the work Ambassador Huntsman has done."
Source: Newsweek profile, "The Manchurian Candidate"
Jan 4, 2011
On Immigration:
2008: GOP should tack to the middle on immigration
A closer look at his record reveals a nuanced approach to Republican politics. Shortly after Obama was swept into office in a tidal wave of Democratic victories, the popular governor began articulating a new national vision for the
GOP, one designed to appeal to all time zones. Warning that the party was losing young voters, he argued that Republicans would need to tack to the middle on three hot-button issues if they were to maintain national relevance: immigration,
gay rights, and the environment.Today that strategy might seem out of step with recent GOP victories, but Weaver and many of his fellow moderates believe
Huntsman is uniquely qualified to unify competing factions on the right and usher in a new era for the Republican Party.
Source: Newsweek magazine, "Manchurian Candidate" (2000s History)
Jan 4, 2011
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