International Update

The 2025 Global Passport Index, developed for citizens, holds valuable insights for businesses as well.

Puerto Rico and Costa Rica continue to land major investment wins.

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The UK territory of Gibraltar lands a 250MW data center; Spain plans fi rst large-scale renewable hydrogen plant; the best startup cities in Asia Pacifi c; Hitachi announces new Brazilian transformer factory; and a Canadian company opens a magnet manufacturing facility in Estonia.

Tim Bartik of the Upjohn Institute considers how the Abundance movement should view economic development.

Smart site selection is at the center of the U.S.-India business relationship and related investments in India.

Malaysia sees investment in a major production facility; OpenAI launches its first data center location in Europe; Nissui Corporation expands its office and operations in Kitakyushi, Japan; French aerospace company Safran selects a location for its 323,000-sq.-ft aircraft carbon brake manufacturing facility; and Hong-Kong based Quasar Medical expands into Thailand and Singapore.

How is Vietnam joining the ranks of Asia’s most dynamic economies?

International logistics company DP World is establishing a new free trade zone at the Port of Caucedo in the Dominican Republic. The FTZ will encompass over 555 acres at the port, whose presence will increase current twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity from 2.5 million to 3.1 million.

Green steel production is thriving in Scandinavia.

Building out the AI infrastructure and workforce in Africa proves to be an ambitious and necessary undertaking.

China continues to attract a steady stream of foreign direct investments as innovation-led sectors gear up.

What is impacting economic activity at the U.S.-Mexico border?

The dozen happiest countries; a data center JV in London; AstraZeneca R&D in Beijing; Hitachi Energy in Finland; Maruti Suzuki in Gujarat, India; Kingspan Group in Ukraine.

Telesat’s new campus in Gatineau, part of the nation’s capital region, will have a national impact.

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