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DENVER (AP) — Colorado will receive a federal grant to promote clean-technology exports to China and Mexico.

State economic development director Don Marostica and U.S. Department of Commerce regional director James Kennedy planned to announce the grant Thursday.

The state Office of Economic Development and International Trade is one of five recipients of the Market Development Cooperators Program. The state will receive matching funds over the next three years to support the export of clean technologies and services by Colorado companies to China and Mexico.

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