{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear has returned to Kentucky after a two week trade mission to Europe, where he met with business and political leaders in Germany and France in hopes of creating more jobs for Kentucky and strengthening ties with European companies already doing business in Kentucky. Kentucky opened an office last summer in Germany, one of the state's leading trade partners. Kentucky has more than 400 foreign-owned facilities employing nearly 76,000 workers. Direct foreign investment coming into Kentucky totaled more than $28.2 billion in 2007.
