RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Last week, Governor Josh Stein led a 51-person delegation to the Southeast US and Japan Annual Joint Meeting -- an opportunity to recruit Japanese investment at a time of increased instability in foreign trade due to tariffs.

The meetings, which several state officials and business leaders from across the Southeast attended, were an opportunity to build trust between existing partners and find pathways for new investment from North Carolina's largest foreign investor.

"It's no secret that international partners, Japan and elsewhere, have felt a little bit unmoored as our trade policy has shifted in this administration," said NC Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley, one of the members of the traveling delegation. "We have tried to be a solid source for them throughout th

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