Argentina’s ambassador to the U.S., Diego Ramiro Guelar, will be in Atlanta Nov. 6-7 to attend a conference on infrastructure opportunities in South America sponsored by the U.S. Trade...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
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Official Here to Aid Atlanta Companies to Form Ties in Mexico
Virginia Arteaga-Haid, Mexico’s trade commissioner for the Southeast, wants Georgia companies to broaden their involvement throughout Latin America by forming alliances with Mexican partners. “We understand each other...
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A Top Economist Says Atlanta Benefits from Globalization
Mark Vitner, vice president and economist at First Union Corp., the Charlotte-based banking company, writes that globalization is the most significant aspect of Atlanta’s part in the national economy’s...
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Georgia Firms Should Partner for Sydney Olympics Business
Georgia companies that have unique expertise gained during the 1996 Summer Olympics or technology which could be used during the upcoming Olympics in Sydney should seek out Australian partners,...
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Latin America, EU Growing Trade Ties Drive Fast Track
The business links rapidly developing between the European Union and Latin America are “the deeper motivation” for the Clinton administration’s desire to have fast-track negotiating authority, Bernard Landry, the...
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Official Forum on Trade with Africa To Be Here Nov. 5-6
Six African ambassadors and representatives of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy and State are scheduled to speak at a forum fostering trade with Africa to be held...
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Hi-Tech Fosters Georgia, Israel Ties
Similarities between the software and telecommunications markets of Israel and Georgia have increased the potential for joint ventures and reciprocal marketing agreements, according to Limor Nakar, Israel’s new consul...
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French Rallying to Euro, Consul Says
French public opinion is beginning to rally behind the euro, Jean Paul Monchau, France’s consul general for the Southeast, said at a meeting in Atlanta of the local chapter...
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Two Atlanta Firms Form Partnership To Advise on China
Two Atlanta-based consulting companies are teaming up to provide partnership and advisory services to U.S. and European developers interested in investing in Chinese real estate and infrastructure projects. ...
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Atlanta Firm in Deal With Top Brazil Software Developer
Sphere Interactive, an Atlanta-based multi-media development firm, has reached a partnership agreement with the Brazilian consortium AGIIT, the premier multi-media software developer in Brazil. Sphere Interactive and AGIIT...