The U.S.’s failed pandemic response is symptomatic of President Trump’s retreat from global institutions, which has created a leadership vacuum autocracies have been only too happy to fill, former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams said Thursday. Ms. Abrams, a staunch advocate for voting rights who has claimed voting irregularities in the election cost her […]
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Irish Chamber Names New President for Time of Transition
The Irish Chamber of Atlanta had insisted till the end that the show would go on. But days before this year’s St. Patrick’s Day breakfast and parade, it became clear that the events posed too much of a health risk, even if a prominent guest from the Irish government could have skipped across the pond. […]
Exide to Sell Off Growing International Battery Business Amid Restructuring
Exide Technologies, a former Fortune 1000 battery manufacturer based in Georgia and now squeezed by a growing debt load and the COVID-19 supply crunch, has filed for bankruptcy as it seeks to sell off remaining assets. Exide is using Chapter 11 protection to stave off action by its creditors while it works out separate sales […]
Italian Investors Sing Georgia’s Praises
Other than a single visit by then-Gov. Nathan Deal in 2017 and a smattering of locally led trade missions, Italy hasn’t seen the same level of recruitment interest from Georgia as other European locales like Germany and even the Netherlands. Yet somehow, investment from the European Union’s third largest economy has emerged as a major force for […]
Former Georgia House Speaker Tapped as Ambassador to Norway
Mark Burkhalter, an 18-year Georgia legislator who served a brief stint as speaker of the state House of Representatives has been tapped as President Trump’s new ambassador to Norway. The Republican’s appointment to the oil-rich, progressive Scandinavian country must be confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Burkhalter, a real estate developer and senior advisor for the public policy […]
Ambassador at Southern Town Hall: Ireland Integral to U.S. Drug Supply Chain
As the U.S. seeks to reorient medical supply chains to remedy dependencies revealed by the pandemic, treating Ireland as just another foreign player would be a mistake, the country’s ambassador in Washington said last week. On a video conference call with members of the Irish diaspora in the South organized by the Consulate General of […]
Belgian Pharma Giant UCB Planning $47.5M Expansion, 100 New Jobs in Smyrna
Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB is set to expand its U.S. headquarters in Cobb County through a multi-phase plan that is to generate $47.5 million in investment and 100 jobs on its existing 47-acre campus. Through its incentive program, Smyrna City Council in a virtual meeting May 4 approved a waiver of $180,950 in building permit and recording fees associated with the first phase […]
Consulates and COVID-19: How Japan, Bahamas and the United Kingdom Are Coping, Learning
The work of diplomats is personal by nature, but some leaders of foreign outposts in Atlanta are finding during the pandemic era that this need not mean “physical.” In the first virtual edition of its Consular Conversations series sponsored by Miller & Martin PLLC May 8, Global Atlanta welcomed Japanese Consul General Kazuyuki Takeuchi, Bahamian Consul […]
ACIR: Hungary’s Achievements, from Handwashing to GDP Growth
Even kids know the value of washing hands, pestered as they are by parents to use soap and water before dinner or after playing outside. COVID-19’s mounting death toll has made hand washing an even more urgent phenomenon and even a life-saving measure, as global health experts constantly remind the world to wash often for […]
New German Chamber President Gets Acquainted With the South — From Southern Europe
Matthias Hoffmann got in before the lockdown. It was early March, and while people in Atlanta had stopped shaking hands, he could still feel the Southern hospitality as he was escorted around a “fantastic green city” by his predecessor. He even ate inside at some of the city’s restaurants — a pastime that now seems […]
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