South Africa will join Brazil as one of Georgia’s high-priority “emerging markets” when the state establishes a trade office in the newly-democratic nation this year, said Carlos Martel, deputy commissioner...
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South Africans in Atlanta to Shop U.S. Medical Equipment
The U.S.Trade and Development Agency (TDA) is sponsoring a visit July 21-Aug. 3 by 13 South African health officials and a member of parliament to help develop a market for...
Greece’s Hurt Feelings over Olympics Healing
Greece’s bruised feelings about Atlanta’s selection as the site of the 1996 Olympic Games are healing as Atlanta and Olympia, the city in which the ancient Games were originally held,...
Vietnam Open For Business To Americans
“Every door is open to Americans” in Vietnam, says Atlanta native Peter Sheridan, who currently is the chairman of the government relations committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in...
Patience a Virtue When Doing Business in Vietnam
Ax Wu, president of Wallson Enterprises in Atlanta, and local attorney James Nobles Jr., have both been in Vietnam on separate trips recently and both said that they noticed a...
Atlanta Firms Urged To Visit with Vietnam Olympiads
Vietnam’s Olympic team would come to Atlanta for the 1996 Games whether President Clinton had extended full diplomatic relations to the country last week or not, but the move is...
French Company Nixed Atlanta
A French plastics firm disqualified Atlanta last year as a possible site for a manufacturing plant for auto parts because the city did not satisfy national air quality standards, said...
Despite Tensions Atlanta Entrepreneur Heads Back to China
“How can you get the lion cub without entering the lion’s den?” asks Margaret Keng, a former teacher of gifted students in Cobb County’s school system turned international entrepreneur, to...
Philippines Provides Gateway to the South Seas
The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast USA (PACCSE) is organizing a trip to the cities of Cebu and Davao to take place Nov. 6-23 in an effort...
India Official Lists Country’s Pros and Cons
As India’s burgeoning middle class draws economic interest worldwide, a high-profile administrator captivated more than 200 predominantly-Indian listeners in Decatur June 12 with his analysis of fundamental concerns inhibiting the...