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Q&A with Greg Wolf executive director, World Trade Center Alaska.

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Greg Wolf is well versed in trade. On Jan. 1, he began his position as executive director of the World Trade Center Alaska after serving nearly five years as director of the State Division of International Trade and Market Development. Prior to becoming the state's trade director, he was vice president and director of overseas projects for the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. Before joining the AEDC, he served as the State of Alaska's trade representative in Tokyo.

He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Antioch College in Ohio. He also spent two years at the University of Colorado in Boulder and one year at the American College in Paris. In addition, he attended the Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Osaka, Japan, where he completed a six-month-long Japanese language immersion program. He also spent a year in Tokyo studying the management and marketing practices of American companies doing business in Japan.

ABM: What is your philosophy on trade?

Wolf: There are two adages about trade in which I believe: first, "trade is transportation." In others words, trade cannot occur unless you can get the product to market. Efficient transportation from source to market is absolutely essential for trade to take place. There are stranded resources all across our state. Minerals, coal, gas, you...