MEXICO/U.S. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION INEVITABLE

ZEALOUS ATTEMPTS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOR REGULATIONS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT COULD BACKFIRE ON THE U.S., ACCORDING TO JOHN A. GORNALL JR., AN ATLANTA ATTORNEY WHO PARTICIPATED IN A PANEL DISCUSSION LAST WEEK SPONSORED BY THE EMORY BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB. THE BLAME FOR BAD ENVIRONMENTAL ACTS GO...

AS A STUDENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ANN-STUART PEARCE CERTAINLY DIDN'T FORESEE A CAREER IN DIRECT SALES.  BUT NOW THAT SHE'S BEEN IN THE WORKFORCE A FEW YEARS, SHE REALIZES THAT HER BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR EVENTUALLY USING HER CHINESE LANGUAGE SKILLS MAY BE WORKING...

THE JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION WILL OPEN IN TOKYO ON MARCH 25 A BUSINESS SUPPORT CENTER TO PROVIDE FOREIGN BUSINESSES WITH A LOW-COST STRATEGIC BASE FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH THEIR INITIAL EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN. JETRO, A NON-PROFIT SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1958, SUPPORTS TRADE BETWEEN JAPAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES BY PROMOTING IMPORTS,...

PRESIDENT  CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN RHETORIC THAT ENFORCEMENT OF NEW TRANSFER PRICING RULES WOULD GENERATE $4 BILLION IN REVENUES OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD HAS PROMPTED A RASH OF CALLS FROM FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES TO THEIR ACCOUNTING  FIRMS . JEFF BANTA, A SENOR MANAGER IN ERNST & YOUNG'S INTERNATIONAL TAX PRACTICE, SAID THAT MANY INQUIRIES HAVE DEALT WITH...

CONDOLEEZZA RICE, RECENTLY THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR SOVIET AFFAIRS FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, ENCOURAGED U.S. INVESTORS TO MAINTAIN A PRESENCE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION BUT WARNED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO OPERATE MARGINALLY  IN PROVIDING NEAR-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR SEVERE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS...

DUKE UNIVERSITY'S FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS IS FORMING AN EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CENTER AND PROGRAM IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, FOR RUSSIAN BUSINESS MANAGERS .  CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE PROGRAM'S ADVISORY BOARD ARE THOMAS F. KELLER, DEAN OF THE FUQUA SCHOOL, AND ST. PETERSBURG MAYOR ANATOLY A. SOBCHAK. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDE KARL M. VON DER HEYDEN, EXECUTIVE...

TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND EUROPE ARE BECOMING MORE CONTENTIOUS GENERALLY, INCLUDING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIELD, AS THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PERCEIVED WEAKNESS IN EUROPEAN UNITY, ACCORDING TO JOHN R. MCINTYRE, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AT GEORGIA TECH. THERE IS A SENSE THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO...

S. H. HANK BERGLUND, PRESIDENT OF THE CONSULTING FIRM BERGLUND INTERNATIONAL, WILL REPLACE ERIK S. SILJESTROM AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SWEDISH-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ATLANTA.  MR. SILJESTROM WILL BE MOVING TO MILWAUKEE, WISC. WHERE HE IS TO BE EMPLOYED BY JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. AND WILL OVERSEE INTERNATIONAL SALES OF THEIR HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR...

REGIONAL ECONOMIC BLOCS SHOULD COMPLEMENT, NOT FRAGMENT, MULTILATERAL TRADING RELATIONSHIPS, ACCORDING TO THE HONORABLE EWAN FOUERE, EC AMBASSADOR ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT IN BRUSSELS. SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON LAST WEEK IN ATLANTA, AMBASSADOR FOUERE SAID THAT EUROPEAN INVESTMENT IN MEXICO, ARGENTINA AND CHILE HAD DOUBLED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND WARNED THAT SUCH INVESTMENTS MIGHT...

AS PART OF A NEW RECRUITING DRIVE, ATLANTA'S WORLD TRADE CLUB IS EMPHASIZING ITS WTC NETWORK SYSTEM, A WORLDWIDE ELECRONIC TRADING AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THAT LINKS TOGETHER MORE THAN 160 WORLD TRADE CENTERS, INCLUDING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK, WHICH, DESPITE THE RECENT BOMBING, CONTINUES TO OPERATE. BARBARA BAZZOLI, THE ATLANTA CLUB'S NEW...