International Update

From small rural agricultural and ranching communities to large urban centers of innovation and advanced manufacturing, the border is based in both tradition and the crossing of boundaries.

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce moves fast with reforms so that new FDI will move faster to his homeland.

Will changes to SEZ rules hurt Jamaica’s growing BPO sector?

Oxford Economics forecast models show that global metros with high concentrations of advanced manufacturing tend to be the leaders in metro growth when ranked by GDP output.

ICT hubs like Tampere offer a unique mix of skills, research and innovation.

If your company needs talent in Western Canada, there are only nine cities where you'll find it.

Rising real estate values and new investment at a key container terminal add momentum to Sharjah's ascent.

Panama and Costa Rica lead the way in a region aiming to boost its standard of living along with its global competitiveness.

Foreign direct investment headwinds prompt welcome reform measures.

Like their resurrected winemaking tradition, Slovenians win over investors with a blend that is both complex and delightful.

Twenty-five years later, Germans remember when the Berlin Wall fell, reflect on how far a unified Germany has come, and ponder how far it has yet to go.

Manufacturing sector doubles capital investment, generating tens of thousands of new job openings requiring skilled workers.

Québec snares the Canadian Competitiveness Award, and we salute Canada's top regional economic development groups.

Does Hong Kong remain a predominant economic hot-spot in East Asia 17 years after 'The Handover'?

Energy and new agribusiness give Canada's Atlantic Provinces reason to smile.

Winnepeg, Manitoba, is the overall lowest-cost city of 26 Midwestern US and Western Canada metros.

Brazil is a strong global competitor with good potential for sustainable growth and prosperity.

Alcoa is taking measures worldwide to reduce high-cost smelting capacity. But the company is striking a different chord in the often strike-prone territory of Québec, where Alcoa and the provincial government announced in February an agreement to improve the competitiveness of its three smelters, securing 3,000 jobs.

Let’s test yours. If you had three chances to guess which Latin American country was the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas to the United States, could you do it?