Abbott's critics say he could have postponed the trip until the storm had passed or at least cut it short once he saw the scale of the disaster.
Gov. Greg Abbott toured a resources area at NRG Stadium on Monday prior to holding a press conference alongside Mayor John Whitmire on Texas' response to recovery efforts for Hurricane Beryl.
Abbott came away from the trip with few concrete economic deals to publicly tout. The two biggest tangible announcements - a new state office to support trade and investment in Taiwan and plans for a South Korea-based company to build a superalloy facility in Texas - could have happened regardless of Abbott's trip, leaving him to tout bolstered "economic and cultural partnerships" and the hope of future business deals.
" It wasn't just a matter of his physical presence. It needed his 100% focus," Angle said. "Instead, he was contemplating the dessert at one of his nice dinners in East Asia." Planning for the event began several months ago, culminating in about 30 events and meetings across four cities, according to an Abbott aide. The trip was sponsored and paid for by the Texas Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit that markets the state for economic development.
She said Taiwan, already a top trading partner with Texas to the tune of $21 billion last year, poses plenty of opportunity for the state. But it will also be important, Alvarado said, "to show some return for the investment" of state dollars spent to set up the Taiwan office.
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