The Trump Effect: The Future of Georgia’s Economic Ties with China and Mexico

If two countries were vilified during last year’s campaign season, they were China and Mexico. While both have wooed many American factories since the early 1990s, they’re also two of the state’s top three export destinations, buying more than $6 billion in Georgia-made goods in 2016. And with a $500 million tire plant in the works, China is also on the cusp of becoming a major source of foreign manufacturing investment in the state.

Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has made clear his intentions to reorient the U.S. trading relationships with both economies, but will his zero-sum rhetoric translate into new policies? How might changes to NAFTA or a blanket tariff on imported goods impact the state’s outreach to these vital partners?

Find out at this important conversation hosted by the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the accounting firm of Frazier & Deeter.

Topics & Speakers are to include:

• Trade Trends With China and Mexico – Mary Waters, Deputy Commissioner, International Trade, Georgia Department of Economic Development
• Foreign Investment Potential for China and Mexico – Jim Blair, Managing Director, Navigator Consulting
• Tax Opportunities and Considerations – Mike Whitacre, partner, Frazier and Deeter
• The Southeast U.S. Trade Relationship With Mexico – Javier Díaz de León, Consul General, Consulado General de Mexico en Atlanta

Moderated by Trevor Williams, managing editor, Global Atlanta.

Cost is $15 for Chamber members and $30 for non-members.

For more information, email Robert Long, vice president of economic development at the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce at rlong@cummingforsythchamber.org.

Register here.