As trade barriers relax and global economic competition intensifies, countries and states are recognizing the importance of using country- or state-image marketing to brand their signature products and services on...
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."
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Israeli Water Technology Could Boost Georgia’s Conservation, Trade Efforts
The Israeli government’s top water technology export official visited drought-dried Georgia Jan. 29 to offer solutions he said would appeal to people looking to green both the environment and their...
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New York’s Irish Consul to Frequent Atlanta
While the Irish diplomatic corps will “take another look” at establishing consulate in Atlanta, Ireland’s consul general in New York said he isn’t wasting any time in bolstering already strong...
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Atlanta Fed Chief Says Bank Will Monitor Global Financial Imbalances
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is to actively monitor global financial imbalances in an effort to become better acquainted with a largely untracked economic reality, Dennis Lockhart, the bank’s...
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Companies in the News
Atlanta Accounting Firm’s Audit Network Admitted into World Alliance Atlanta-based accounting firm Williams Benator & Libby LLP’s global audit network has been admitted into the Forum of Firms, an international...
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Chinese Consul Makes Seventh Atlanta Visit
Chinese Consul General Qiao Hong made her seventh trip to Atlanta last week, less than a year since she assumed her current position as her government’s top diplomat in the...
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Gov. Perdue to Host New Brazilian Consul at State Capitol Feb. 6
Gov. Sonny Perdue will host an open press conference welcoming Adalnio Senna Ganem, new Brazilian consul general to Atlanta, in the north wing of the state Capitol at 11:30 a.m....
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Savannah, Coastal Cities Could Soon Have Chilean and Chinese Sisters
It’s been eight years since Savannah’s last active sister city relationship dissolved, but the cosmopolitan Georgia port city is looking to continue building its international family, said Sean Brandon, assistant...
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U.S. Envoy Makes Case for Georgia Investment in Romania
The U.S. ambassador to Romania and his counterpart, the Romanian ambassador to the U.S., will visit Atlanta Thursday, Feb. 7, as part of a three-city caravan to invite U.S. companies...
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Law Firm, State Team Up to Educate Chinese Exporters on U.S. Standards
Atlanta law firm Morris, Manning & Martin LLP and the state of Georgia teamed up recently for a summit in Beijing to educate Chinese exporters on U.S. product safety standards....