Gov. Cuomo's suddenly developing a taste for world travel. <\/p>\n
The governor who rarely traveled outside the state until this summer on Tuesday proposed making five international trade missions to promote global business opportunities in New York State. <\/p>\n
Cuomo said he plans to visit China, Mexico, Canada, Israel and Italy over the next few years. <\/p>\n
Why Italy? Because I want to go to Italy,\" he told a large international crowd at the Global NY conference at the Jacob Javits Center. <\/p>\n
Cuomo said he did not travel during his first term because he didnt want to stir up speculation about his future political ambitions. <\/p>\n
I wanted to make the point that my job is the governor of the state of New York and that is a job that you do in the state of New York, he told reporters after his speech. I wanted to make it clear that I wasnt interested in any other job. <\/p>\n
That calculus is changing, he said. He visited Israel in August and Afghanistan in late September. <\/p>\n
Im now saying essential to my job sometimes requires traveling, he said. These trade missions will be for my job. Theyre essential to doing the job of governor. <\/p>\n
A spokesman for the governor could not say how much the trips are expected to cost. <\/p>\n
In order to open new markets to the state, Cuomo also announced that he would create an import-export bank for New York State with $35 million in state funding. <\/p>\n
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