If there’s one complaint Devinder Ahuja has about South Korea’s regulatory framework, it’s that the country’s labor laws make it nearly impossible to fire employees — or even discipline them for nonperformance. But in the Novelis senior vice president’s experience, investing in understanding Korean culture goes a long way toward ensuring you never have to. Koreans, Mr. Read more
German Chamber to Provide Key Investment Insight — on Brazil?
Atlanta companies looking to do business in Brazil can gain free insight from an experienced eye Oct. 30, though the lens might be decidedly German. The German-American Chamber of Commerce South in Atlanta is set to host an official from its counterpart organization in Sao Paulo, the German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to help companies Read more
UPS CEO ‘Relieved’ at Updated North American Trade Deal
United Parcel Service Inc. CEO David Abney is “relieved” that the U.S., Canada and Mexico have reached a deal to upgrade the rules of their trading relationship, potentially removing a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the global economy. “We’re very relieved; we went through a lot of anxiety,” Mr. Abney said during a luncheon discussion Read more
New Flanders Trade Rep Arrives in Atlanta
A new trade representative for the Belgian region of Flanders has taken up the Atlanta post vacated when former commissioner Wim Van Cauteren left for Mexico City last September. Flanders Investment and Trade has tapped Conny Van Wulpen comes to Atlanta off of a seven-year stint at the organization’s office in Casablanca, Morocco. Before that, her 19-year career with the agency Read more
Experts: Georgia’s Ties Show Value of Boosting U.S. Alliance With Japan
At first glance, Japan and the U.S. might seem like unlikely allies: The cultures couldn’t be more different, and the origins of their modern partnership lie in a gruesome global war. But more than a half-century of common geopolitical goals has changed all that, and the painstakingly constructed people-to-people and investment connections have added mortar Read more
Experts: How to Ride Both Sides of Brazil’s ‘Roller Coaster’ Economy
With the tumult engulfing Brazil’s recent political landscape, it might seem that investing there these days is only for the intrepid businessperson. Indeed, fortune could favor the bold in this situation, especially as the Brazilian real’s depreciation versus the dollar makes cross-border acquisitions more affordable. But international business shouldn’t be undertaken as an “adventure” for its Read more
Luxembourg’s Honorary Consul in Atlanta Knighted for Two Decades of Service
Georges Hoffmann was smitten by Atlanta‘s sunny March weather when he first arrived in 1982 and, as he told Global Atlanta, “the rest is history.” Mr. Hoffmann’s personal history involves a career as an international lawyer that took him from his native Belgium, to Washington and then on to Atlanta. Along the way he has Read more
Georgia State, Tech Win Prestigious International Education Grants
For years, Atlanta has enjoyed an embarrassment of riches when it comes to university research on international business education. That trend is set to continue thanks to revelation that both Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology have once again won prestigious federal CIBER grants. The U.S. Department of Education grants establish and maintain Read more
Annual Manufacturing Forum to Talk Trade and Tariffs Oct. 2
The annual event by trade group Next Generation Manufacturing is yet again homing in on international issues as factory owners in Georgia grapple with new realities in the global economy. One among many panel discussions at the all-day event next Tuesday, Oct. 2, will focus on “The Three T’s — Tariffs, Taxes and Trade Deals Read more
Wood Pellet Exporter to Build Fourth South Georgia Plant
A local supplier of wood pellets to the European Union is building its fourth plant in south Georgia, investing $15 million and planning to hire 35 people at a new plant in Brantley County. Fram Renewable Fuels LLC launched in 2005 with the goal of shipping pellets across the Atlantic to be burned for energy in the Read more
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