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NAFTA Debate Explores Need to Balance Free, Fair Trade for Georgia

Talking trade today — and especially NAFTA — often means maintaining civil discourse or delving into details, but rarely both. Getting too far into the weeds can lead to one side crying foul about specific disadvantages, while tiptoeing to avoid partisan passions can lead to only superficial discussion of real issues. Speakers from a variety […]

Companies Outline Potential Georgia Effects of Trump’s Latest Proposed China Tariffs

Relative to earlier measures, the response has been somewhat muted, but companies with Georgia operations are outlining potential effects of President Trump’s latest round of proposed 25 percent tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods. Public comments and requests to testify at a June 17 public hearing are due by the end of Monday. Georgia […]

Mexico Calls Tariff Spat With the U.S. ‘Costly and Unnecessary’

The Mexican Consulate General in Atlanta has issued Mexico’s positions on immigration policy citing its “deep friendship and history” with the United States while the U.S. threatens to raise tariffs to block imports if it doesn’t curb the numbers of migrants entering the U.S. “We wish our governments to remain friends and partners as well. […]

Gwinnett Recycling Firm Takes Home Presidential Export Award

A Norcross recycling company has taken home a presidential honor for its sales of scrap outside the U.S. Sigma Recycling Inc., the local subsidiary of United Arab Emirates-based Sigma International, was the only Georgia firm receiving the 2019 President’s E Award from the U.S. Commerce Department, which honors firms that expand their export sales. The […]

Ambassador: Liberia Can Be Georgia’s ‘Springboard’ to the African Continent

Liberia’s determined efforts to solidify its ties with Georgia were energized by the mid-May visit of its ambassador to the U.S. who encouraged the state to play a dominant role in establishing a cargo hub for the African continent. George S. W. Patten Sr., a veteran Liberian diplomat who assumed his position in January, met […]

Trinidad and Tobago Seeks Buyers from Atlanta, Will Partially Fund Trip to Export Fair

The export agency of Trinidad and Tobago is seeking qualified buyers from Atlanta to join a trade fair on Fourth of July weekend. ExporTT will fund the majority of the trip July 4-5, including hotel and local transportation and up to half of the international airfare to the island nation. Companies in the following sectors […]

Georgia Leaders Applaud Trump’s Removal of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs From NAFTA Partners

Georgia lawmakers are praising President Trump’s decision to exempt Mexico and Canada from steel and aluminum tariffs, which some legislators have seen as a precursor to a congressional vote on the renegotiated North American free-trade agreement. The so-called U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was reached as a successor to NAFTA earlier this year, but it has yet to […]

Quebec’s ‘Smart Mobility’ Sector to Shine During Annual Canada-Southeast Conference

It’s an opportunity that comes around just once every 12 years, and Quebec, perhaps more than some provinces or states, knows how to make the most of it. From June 2-4, the Southeast U.S.-Canadian Provinces Alliance annual conference will land in Montreal, where it originally began thanks largely to a commitment by the leaders of […]

Europe Day: European Investment in Georgia Strong Despite Trade Tiffs

Trade tumult isn’t exactly undermining Georgia’s foundational relationship with the European Union, but volatile U.S. policies are causing some firms to rethink the timing and intensity of their investments here. That was the somber undertone of a Europe Day luncheon at the Metro Atlanta Chamber that otherwise served as a celebration of deep historic linkages […]

World Trade Day Panel’s Crystal Ball Reveals Future Challenges for the U.S.

A panel of savvy trade and foreign policy experts boldly prophesied the future of economic developments around the world during a lead-off discussion at Atlanta’s celebration of World Trade Day on May 3 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Convention Center. While crystal ball gazing can be fraught with false predictions resulting in crushed reputations […]

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