Granting some outliers, our most-read stories this year show there is still a strong appetite for our bread-and-butter news content: stories that illuminate international investment and trade activity here in Georgia, with a heavy emphasis on productive expansions.
Category: Asia
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Posted inBooks
Books 2025: Understanding the Threat of 21st-Century Autocracy
How, in McFaul’s words, did U.S. and Russian relations go from “euphoria about democracy, globalization, and the West three decades ago to uncertainty about democracy, doubt about the liberal international order, and fear of powerful autocracies today?”
Posted inIndia
Indian Hanukkah? Consulate Marks Decade Celebrating Ties With Israel, Atlanta’s Jewish Community
The Consulate General of India Dec. 18 year marked a decade celebrating Hanukkah at its Sandy Springs offices, a gesture local Jewish community leaders said was all the more timely amid recent antisemitic violence around the world.
Posted inAgriculture
From South to South Asia: U.S. Cotton Exports Favor Savannah
More than a third of U.S. cotton exports leave from Savannah, with textile manufacturing hubs in South Asia being the top destination for the commodity, the Georgia Ports Authority announced in mid-December.
Posted inTaiwan
Taiwan’s Trump Trade Dilemma: When $165B in Semiconductor Investment Isn’t Enough
Taiwan’s chip-industry dominance has driven a trade spat with its biggest security guarantor, leading to tough questions about how the island of 23 million people will walk the tightrope between appeasing America while maintaining its edge in tech and hedge against China.
Posted inTrade
Powering Through: Electrical Equipment Provider Weathers Tariff Shocks
If Southern States LLC is doing its job, you may never hear about the company. In 1940, Birmingham, Ala.-founded firm relocated to Hampton, Ga., a Henry County town founded with […]
Posted inIndia
Holding the Bag: Augusta Firm Adjusts to India Tariff Hit
When Palmetto Industries International Inc. started in Augusta a little more than 30 years ago, it was still feasible in the U.S. to make woven plastic bags for products from imported sugar to exported kaolin clay and chemicals.
Posted inIndia
Revealing ‘Untold India’: Atlanta Lifestyle Brand Blends New Designs, Traditional Artisanship
Growing up in Kolkata, Mitun Chaudhuri experienced a world of influences in her hometown, but she also found herself traversing India’s vast hinterland and encountering its dizzying diversity.
Posted inEurope
Which Countries Are Playing in Atlanta’s World Cup Matches?
Atlanta has been waiting to welcome the world, but in the years since the city has known it will host eight FIFA World Cup matches, the question has always lingered: […]
Posted inWorld Cup
Atlanta’s World Cup Possibilities Set for Group Stage After Draw
With the FIFA World Cup’s technical draw Friday came promising possibilities for group round matchups to be held in Atlanta, with many of the potential competitor countries boasting large diaspora communities or diplomatic outposts in the city.