Atlanta-based payment processor Global Payments Inc. and its Spanish partner, CaixaBank, have launched a new joint venture with an Austrian bank, Erste Group, to expand services in to Central and […]
Author Archives: Trevor Williams
As managing editor of Global Atlanta, Trevor has spent 15+ years reporting on Atlanta’s ties with the world.
An avid traveler, he has undertaken trips to 30+ countries to uncover stories on the perils and promise of globalization.
A lifelong Bulldog, Trevor earned degrees from the University of Georgia in Magazine Journalism and Religion, with a minor in Chinese.
He is the father of three sons and editor of the book "Making Men: Five Steps to Growing Up."
Posted inEconomic Development
Georgia Leaders Headed to China, Japan on Trade Mission
Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Chris Carr later this month is set to lead a two-week trip to East Asia to drum up new business for the state and express […]
Posted inBusiness
Chinese Firm Buys Controlling Stake in Suniva, Georgia’s Solar Star
A Chinese company owned by a billionaire property developer amassing a clean-energy empire has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Georgia’s homegrown solar success story. Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd., based […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Panel Explores Turkey’s Role in ISIS Fight
About a month ago, the World Affairs Council of Atlanta asked Turkish Consul General Ozgur Kivanc Altan to come up to Atlanta from Miami to speak on Aug. 13 about his country’s June […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Interview: Georgia’s New China Rep Shares Lessons
Editor’s Note: Over the last decade, Georgia leaders have prepared for a wave of Chinese inbound investment, but what has arrived has been more of a trickle. Meanwhile, across the […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Georgia Hires Away South Carolina’s Chinese Investment Guru
After years of slow going in the state’s efforts to woo Chinese investors, the Georgia Department of Economic Development has made a new hire that shows its commitment to the […]
Posted inTrade
SunTrust Sees Growing Export Consciousness, but ‘Awareness Gap’ Remains
A recent survey of SunTrust Banks Inc. clients showed that 17 percent are looking to expand sales into internationally by 2020, an indication that companies’ consciousness about exporting is on the rise, […]
Posted inBusiness
Israeli Firms to Pitch Atlanta Cybersecurity Execs
A cybersecurity forum to be held Aug. 20-21 will give 10-15 Israeli firms a chance to pitch their products to chief information officers from some of Atlanta’s top technology companies, […]
Posted inTrade
ThermaCare Plant Faces Tug and Pull of the Global Economy
Too often for proponents of American manufacturing, cities like Albany, Ga., have been on the losing end of the global economy. To many, the corporate quest for efficiencies and shareholder value has made […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Salvadoran Immigrant Mom’s Plight Sheds Light on Problems Back Home
As a Salvadoran family continued to resist deportation by taking sanctuary in a Catholic church in Lilburn, a senior official from the country’s foreign ministry addressed in Atlanta the need to […]