The Atlanta Women in International Trade has alerted its members that the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce seeks their input on revisions to the trade terms known as Incoterms 2000....
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Philippines Envoy Says His Country Offers Good Value to Foreign Investors
The Philippines “offers one of the best values in Asia for domestic and foreign investors,” Willy C. Gaa, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., told attendees at a dinner of...
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Philippine Chamber to Push Entrepreneurship
Because many Filipinos in the U.S. already have successful professional careers, many are hesitant to engage in entrepreneurial activity, said Ray Donato, the Philippines’ Atlanta-based honorary consul general for the...
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U.S. Official: Trade Pacts Would Further Boost Poultry Exports
International trade has become a boon for the U.S. poultry industry, and removing trade barriers would further bolster the industry’s already strong upswing in recent years, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos...
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Atlanta Moves Up as a U.S. Exporter
Atlanta moved from an 18th place ranking among U.S. metropolitan areas in 2005 in export value to 17th in 2006, according to Census Bureau data released by the U.S. Commerce...
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Swedish Chamber and GlobalAtlanta Launch Statewide Expansions in Savannah
The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce-Georgia and GlobalAtlanta co-hosted a party in Savannah Jan. 24 to kick off statewide expansions, both of which will start in the port city. SACC-Atlanta recently...
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Georgia Tech Course Gives MBAs Hands-on International Experience
A course created in 2005 to give Georgia Institute of Technology MBA students hands-on experience with international business is tackling projects with Japanese, Danish and Costa Rican companies this semester....
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Restaurateur Helps Georgia Association Add Asian Flavor
The Georgia Restaurant Association has enlisted one of Atlanta’s best-known Asian restaurateurs for a long-term effort aimed at attracting more Asian members. Anna Hsu, who with her husband Raymond owns...
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Indian Official Makes Case for His City to House Now-Stalled Georgia Office [VIDEO]
With Georgia set to open its 11th state office in Beijing this spring, year-old considerations about establishing an office in India have been placed on the back burner. Ken Stewart,...
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Mexican Consul General Reassigned to San Diego
As she did in Atlanta, Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau aims to continue working to protect the rights of Mexican nationals as she relocates to San Diego, she told...