Global Atlanta
Her Royal Highness Princess
Philippe, will headline a weeklong economic mission to the
United States in October that will kick off in
Atlanta, bringing at least 169 companies and 369 delegates to the city.
The mission is set to be the first undertaken by the Belgium’s foreign trade agency since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down global travel in early 2020.
Other high-level officials set to join are
Sophie Wilmès, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs & Foreign Trade;
Jan Jambon, Minister-President of the Government of
Flanders,
Pascal Smet, State Secretary of the
Brussels-Capital Region.
While the U.S. retains a travel ban on those who have been in Europe’s Schengen area within 14 days, the Belgian government has been assured that members of the delegation will be able to travel here even if the measure remains in place.