Germany And Georgia: Why Is This Relationship So Tight?

Up a flight of stairs in a more than a century-old building in Munich, a stone’s throw from the Bavarian State Parliament, there’s a little slice of the state of Georgia: an office featuring the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech swag, Georgia-made peanut butter, even a portrait of Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp.

It’s the largest of Georgia’s 12 international economic development offices, which is no accident, said Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson.

“Germany, over the last probably four decades, has been the major economy in Europe that has driven investment and trade out of Georgia,” he said. “That relationship only continues to strengthen and provide more opportunities.”