Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 0:57:42 GMT -6
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal and other officials will head to Germany on Saturday for a weeklong trade mission.
Similar trips take months to plan, and this is no exception. But the visit comes at a tumultuous time for Europe, following British voters’ support for leaving the European Union in a June referendum. Germany is among the EU’s largest members.
Georgia Department of Economic Development spokeswoman Katie McCreary said no changes were made to the trip agenda after Britain’s vote.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Deal said Britain’s exit from the EU could benefit the United States in the long run, depending on terms of trade agreements between the two countries.
“I recall when the EU was being formed that the primary motivation was to create a trading bloc that would be the counterweight to what we had with NAFTA with Canada, the United States and Mexico,” Deal said. “So any disillusion of portions of that trading bloc that was designed to be our primary competitor, I think in the overall scheme of things may very well benefit the United States in the long run.”
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2016-07-04/georgia-governor-make-trade-trip-germany
Similar trips take months to plan, and this is no exception. But the visit comes at a tumultuous time for Europe, following British voters’ support for leaving the European Union in a June referendum. Germany is among the EU’s largest members.
Georgia Department of Economic Development spokeswoman Katie McCreary said no changes were made to the trip agenda after Britain’s vote.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Deal said Britain’s exit from the EU could benefit the United States in the long run, depending on terms of trade agreements between the two countries.
“I recall when the EU was being formed that the primary motivation was to create a trading bloc that would be the counterweight to what we had with NAFTA with Canada, the United States and Mexico,” Deal said. “So any disillusion of portions of that trading bloc that was designed to be our primary competitor, I think in the overall scheme of things may very well benefit the United States in the long run.”
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2016-07-04/georgia-governor-make-trade-trip-germany