Global Atlanta

1 week ago | globalatlanta.com | Trevor Williams

Atlanta’s Belgian business community reveled in its newfound nonstop flight to Brussels while also lobbying for it to be upgraded to year-round operation. Delta Air Lines Inc. launched the thrice-weekly seasonal flight June 10, bringing back the direct connection that has been lacking since it was paused after the 2016 terror attacks, briefly restored, then abandoned for good during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 week ago | globalatlanta.com | Trevor Williams

Dimitris Psillakis, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, was named chair of the German-American Chamber of Commerce Southern U.S. Inc. in April, taking on the role amid a challenging time both for his industry and transatlantic trade ties. On April 24, Mr. Psillakis hosted the chamber’s members and leadership at the group’s Sandy Springs offices for an installment of its monthly breakfast series on transatlantic partnership with the Consulate General of Germany.

1 week ago | globalatlanta.com | Trevor Williams

Plans are coming together for at least two trade missions to three countries in Central Europe this fall, giving Georgia companies and communities an inside track on business development in the region. John Parkerson, an Atlanta attorney and honorary consul for Hungary in Georgia, is teaming up with his counterpart for Slovakia, John Woodward, for a September mission that will span both countries.

1 week ago | globalatlanta.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Hypepotamus. It is published on Global Atlanta as part of our content partnership with the Southeast’s top source for innovation news. Sign up for Hypepotamus newsletters here. The era of frictionless global trade seems to be behind us. But could Southeast startups benefit from the new world of tariff uncertainty?

1 week ago | globalatlanta.com | Trevor Williams

Editor’s note: Guy Tessler of the Atlanta-based Pendleton Group was traveling back to his native Israel to deepen Atlanta’s ties with its Israeli sister city, Ra’anana, when Israel launched its attacks on Iran. With Israeli airspace closed, the former president of Atlanta’s Israeli chamber is stranded with no way to return, becoming one of many business travelers and investors affected by the outbreak of a war that feels different, even in a country accustomed to confrontation.