by Cami Hofstadter | Aug 20, 2015 | Posted August 20, 2015
General Steel Holdings, Inc. (“General Steel,” NYSE: GSI), a leading non-state-owned steel producer in China, has announced the formation of an Executive Advisory Committee. The stated purpose is to strengthen the company’s clean technology expertise and expedite its...
by Cami Hofstadter | Aug 7, 2015 | Posted August 7, 2015
It’s always rewarding when the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a country speaks publicly about the contributions of the foreign consuls functioning in his country. Recently, at a meeting of consuls, Erlan Idrisson, the Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jun 29, 2015 | Posted June 29, 2015
Corps approval was part of a newspaper headline when the expansion plans of Port Everglades (in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) were approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. Yes, that corps! So, why would I blog about a group of engineers on my consular blog?...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jun 26, 2015 | Posted June 26, 2015
You have heard me talk about how a foreign consul in our midst can be a great start-off point for the establishment of a new Sister City in the country he represents. But sometimes the reverse happens: a Sister City relationship becomes...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jun 23, 2015 | Posted June 23, 2015
I have written about this before, but the incorrect preposition keeps cropping up. An honorary consul somewhere in the United States is not a representative to a foreign nation, but of or for. When Mr. Cornelissen became Belgium’s new honorary...
