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: Business
Posted inCulture
Weekly Briefing: Global Stories Worth Sharing
Dec. 24, 2025 | v33i15 | Subscribe This issue of the Global Atlanta Weekly Briefing is sponsored by Smith + Howard: Stories Worth Sharing Hey all — Merry Christmas Eve […]
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 inFrance
Restaurant Tech Platform Sunday Raises Another $21M for U.S., Global Expansion
Sunday, a European tech company that got its start improving the payment experience for diners, has raised another $21 million to continue its U.S. expansion from Atlanta and target other key global markets.
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 inEvent Recap
Recap: Brazil’s Tariff Concerns, Investment Progress Outlined at Consular Conversations Luncheon
Consular Conversations: Brazil November 13, 2025The Commerce Club A trained lawyer from Sao Paulo, ascending to the heights of Brazilian diplomacy was not on Ambassador Pompeu Andreucci Neto‘s career roadmap. […]
Posted inItaly
Event Recap: Italian Excellence in Factories, Food and Future Technologies Spotlighted at Landmark Expo
Italy is known globally for quality, taste and excellence, but operating in Georgia, the purveyors of these fine commodities don’t always get their due recognition.
Posted inArgentina
Ambassador: How Argentina’s Tech Sector Aligns With Atlanta at an Opportune Moment
Argentina’s ambassador to the U.S. covered his diplomatic bases, extolling recent reforms and recommending investors take another look at a South American country that has made an art form out […]