Author Archives: Phil Bolton

Now that the 19-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam has been lifted, American companies will be seeking different ways to enter this market.  According to Dr. Ax Wu, an international...

National security is no longer just a question of armaments, according to Robert M. Kimmitt, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany, who thinks that individual citizens should be considered as...

U.S. firms should take advantage of recessions in France and Germany by investing in these countries now while prices are depressed and before their economies regain momentum later this year. ...

“Industry of tomorrow needs students who are sensitive to and cognizant of the international opportunities and requirements of technology and culture,” says Dr. Hans “Teddy” Puttgen, director of the Georgia...

Local officials will find out by the end of the month whether their efforts to entice Miami’s wholesale import flower industry to relocate to Hartsfield International Airport are successful, according...

Dr. Ax Wu, an international development consultant based in Atlanta and adviser to the University of Georgia, has been waiting eagerly for the announcement lifting of the 19-year-old U.S. trade...

H. E. Patricio Silva, Chile’s ambassador to the U.S., will be delivering an address at a conference on trade and investment opportunities in the Western Hemisphere to be held at...

Glenda Blum Minkin, Atlanta’s new director of international affairs, is committed to reinvigorating the city’s international stature as part of a mission to develop strong economic ties around the world....

Robert Pastor, currently under consideration for the post of United States ambassador to Panama, said this week that the U.S. must work closely with its neighbors in the hemisphere to...

Sixteen companies from the People’s Republic of China exhibiting arts and crafts products in Atlanta in January were greeted by the worst winter weather experienced in the city so far...