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Mayor’s Office Seeks Export Feedback to Guide Global Business Programs

The City of Atlanta’s Office of International Affairs is seeking feedback from local companies to improve its export- and global business-related content.   In previous years, the mayor’s office has assisted business through its Passport to Export programs, which connected companies to trade resources.   More recently during the pandemic, it has highlighted export successes through business […]

Georgia Releases Export Directory, Highlights Trade Leads 

The Georgia Department of Economic Development has released an updated edition of its export directory pointing overseas buyers to suppliers in the state.   The online resource includes more than 60 Georgia companies so far, a small fraction of the more than 2,000 the department’s trade division works with each year to grow their international sales. […]

Taiwan Foreign Minister: Trade Deal Would Aid U.S.’s China Decoupling

Taiwan is hoping newfound antipathy toward China’s growing authoritarianism will drive the U.S. toward negotiating a free-trade agreement with the island in the near future, Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu told the Atlanta Council on International Relations this week.   To demonstrate its “earnestness,” Taiwan Aug. 28 dropped longstanding import restrictions on U.S. beef and pork that […]

Savannah Becomes Top U.S. Port for Exports 

Savannah has become the top U.S. port for exports during the first five months of 2020, showcasing outbound traffic to be a continued strength for the fourth largest container port in the nation.   The Port of Savannah handle 593,195 twenty-foot equivalent container units, or TEUs, through May, eclipsing Los Angeles and giving Savannah a 12.2 […]

Quebec’s Atlanta Office Joins Fight Against New U.S. Aluminum Tariffs

The last few months were supposed to have brought a victory lap for the North American trade relationship, with the implementation of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement providing a new level of certainty for companies.  But for the Canadian province of Quebec, which has operated an office in Georgia since 1978, the period has come with another […]

Ambassador: How Germany Is Helping Lead Europe’s Recovery While Juggling a ’Strained’ U.S. Alliance 

At what is looking more like an inflection point for the world, Germany and the U.S. have differences of opinion on tactical approaches on issues as wide-ranging as dealing with Iran, defense spending and tackling COVID-19. That’s to be expected, and the terrain of cordial disagreement is easy enough to navigate, said German Ambassador Emily Haber […]

Canadian Lumber Giant Interfor’s ‘Surreal’ Quarter Ends With Georgia Mills Back on Track

Interfor Inc., a Canadian forest products company that tops Georgia’s list of lumber producers, has bounced back after the pandemic forced it to slash production and signal the prospect of suspending more than 400 jobs. The Vancouver firm with its Southern U.S. regional office in Peachtree City issued notices to the Georgia Department of Labor in March that […]

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