US businessmen visit the North

A delegation of 20 US politicians and business executives from Washington state have arrived in the North on a five-day investment…

A delegation of 20 US politicians and business executives from Washington state have arrived in the North on a five-day investment fact-finding mission.

The delegation, jointly led by the Secretary of State for Washington, Mr Ralph Munro, and the president of Boeing (Europe), Mr Richard James, is due to meet representatives of the business community in Lisburn, Co Antrim; Castlereagh, Belfast and Derry.

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