CALED Recognizes LAEDC and WTCLA with Awards
InnovateLA was recognized as the Grand Prize Winner for an economic development program, and WTCLA’s SelectLA Investment Summit received an Award of Merit at CALED’s…
Survey of Foreign Investors Ranks LA as tied for #1 in the United States
A survey of Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate was published, in which its members ranked New York and Los Angeles as tied for…
What Is Blockchain and How Will It Affect International Transactions? Guest Article
Guest Article by John Zahaitis of Export Portal: The Added Value of Blockchain Technology Why the world’s major financial institutions care about the infrastructure underpinning…
WTCLA Garners Award from IEDC for SelectLA Investment Summit
International Economic Development Council Recognizes The World Trade Center Los Angeles With Excellence in Economic Development Award WASHINGTON, DC (Sept. 19, 2017) – The World…
Foreign Direct Investment in LA: City of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Explains the Value Proposition
At the 2017 Select LA Investment Summit, hosted by World Trade Center Los Angeles, City of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke to international investors about…
Celebrating Foreign Direct Investment: Wilshire Grand Opens
The new Wilshire Grand tower was officially opened to the public Friday, June 23rd, with a ribbon cutting and cornerstone signing ceremony, featuring remarks from…
Recap: Select LA Investment Summit 2017
World Trade Center LA (WTCLA) welcomed 350 attendees to the third annual Select LA Investment Summit, which took place in Downtown LA on June 15th,…
Report: Foreign Direct Investment in SoCal, 2017 Edition
FDI is responsible for 439,000 jobs and nearly 10,000 firms in Southern California, according to the new World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) report, Foreign Direct…
Report: Trade & Logistics Industry in Southern California
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics has released the report, Goods on the Move: Trade and Logistics in Southern California. The report looks at jobs, wages,…
LA Business Journal: Foreign Funding On Tap at Summit
LA Business Journal took a quick look ahead to the 3rd annual Select LA Investment Summit, in this article from the June 5th, 2017 issue.…
China Daily Highlights Needs of Foreign Investors, Previews Select LA Investment Summit
China Daily’s editorial team has published a preview of the June 14-15 Select LA investment Summit, quoting Steve Olson, Chair of World Trade Center LA…
State must keep the life sciences healthy: Guest commentary
As LAEDC continues to foster growth of the lifesciences / biosciences industry cluster in the Los Angeles region, we wanted to share excerpts of an…
WIRED Magazine Envisions the Future of Driverless Cars
WIRED has published a special series of articles and videos on autonomous vehicles and other types of automation that are changing the future of work,…
SELECT LA Investment Summit: Program and Registration Are Live
Registration is live for the 2017 SELECT LA Investment Summit, in its third year, bringing together international investors with Los Angeles region’s top business and government…
LA Business Journal: China investing heavily in Los Angeles
LAEDC and WTCLA executives were both quoted in an LA Business Journal article comparing the current wave of Chinese investment to the longstanding trends of Japanese…