Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Newly hired trade attaché for Atlanta’s French Trade Commission, Sandrine Hart, can help Georgia companies collaborate with France-based service industry businesses. Ms. Hart, who moved to...
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New Safety Equipment to Ease Travel at Atlanta Airport
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Despite heightened security, international passengers leaving Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will travel with greater ease thanks to a newly opened baggage screening system, according to Christopher...
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Germany’s Bavaria Is Good Place to Find Strategic Partners
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Georgia life science and logistics businesses can find strategic partnerships in Germany’s Bavarian state, Craig Lesser, Georgia’s top economic developer, told GlobalAtlanta as he traveled through...
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Quebec Machinery Exporters Look to Southeastern Markets
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Quebec-based manufacturers of industrial vehicle machinery can start looking to Georgia as an export destination, Jim Blair, an economic developer for the state, told attendees at...
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Indo-American Chamber Partners with GlobalAtlanta
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce has partnered with GlobalAtlanta to promote its events and business activities to Atlanta’s international business community. The six-year-old chamber offers...
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Florida International Aid Program Good Model for Georgia
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta A state-initiated international aid program, like one in Florida, could bolster Georgia’s ability to do business internationally, said Carlo Dade, senior policy adviser to an Ottawa-based...
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French Artist’s Corporate Portraits a New Service Here
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Finding Atlanta-based contacts for French artist Mathias Duhamel is the first project undertaken by the newly opened Service Industry Division of the French Trade Commission in...
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Visits by EU and Finnish Ambassadors Announced at Dinner for Int’l Chambers Heads
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta European Union Ambassador to the United States John Bruton and Finland’s ambassador to the U.S., Pekka Lintu, are to be in Atlanta Wednesday, Sept. 13, to...
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Atlanta in Competition with Boston for Chinese Consulate
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Atlanta may be in competition with Boston and some West Coast cities to host the next Chinese consulate in the United States, but Georgia’s chances were...
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British Business Group to Host Immigration Meeting
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Georgia Sen. Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, is to discuss the state’s immigration laws with Sen. Sam Zamarripa, D-Atlanta, at a Tuesday, Aug. 22, luncheon organized by the...