Canada: Trade Helps Overcome Sluggish Economy
By David Hodes
Canada, the United States’ neighboring economic ally and steadfast trading partner has weathered the economic storm of recent years, but is still looking for better economic growth, in part by ratcheting up exports and making sure that manufacturing has all the economic tools it needs to make…
Québec: Rolling out the Recognition Carpet
By David Hodes
Québec doesn’t get its fair share of notice by decision makers, according to economic development officials. One way they have sought to fix this perception issue is by making it easier to do business in the province, and making sure that their chief North American…
Virginia’s History Pulling It into the Future
“Our New Virginia Economy is providing Virginia the foundation to do for the U.S. what it did in the past for the U.S. — we were founded as a for-profit venture capital company in 1607,” says Liz Povar, vice president of business expansion at the Virginia Economic Development…
New Initiatives Diversify Texas’ Industry
By Rachel Hamilton
“There are several things that keep Texas on the forefront of economic development” says Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corp.; these include Gov. Greg Abbott’s creation of the University Research Initiative in early June; the $8 billion initiative allows institutions to…
South Carolina: Driving Development to Create Jobs
By David Hodes
This relatively small, unassuming state has excess capacity for faster and stronger economic development these days — and want to let the world know that they getting back to work in a big way.
W. Ford Graham, director of international investment for the South Carolina Department of Commerce…
