New Trade Routes

Drawing digital pathways on the new trade maps.

Seattle, WA USA

Trade drives the way people interact.  People, products, money, and ideas follow the trade routes and impact everything in their path.  Keeping pace with the way trade routes are changing is essential to success or even survival.  New Trade Routes is working to better understand the changes so we can help our clients, investees, and grantees improve their chances of success.

 

The Story of Angelo

April 11, 2010  /  Jay Leon

Last night we went to a great Italian restaurant on our last night in New York City.  Angelo was our waiter and he did a great job.  We got to talking with him and found that he is a first generation immigrant, working while going to community college.  His dream is to work at the United Nations as a translator.  Because of our conversation, I now know that you must have mastered five languages in order to apply.  Angelo already has four, so just one to go.  A full third of our immigrants are Hispanic and despite the fact that I believe we are as open minded about race as any nation – I suspect that anti Hispanic sentiment is a significant barrier to our opening up immigration.  The twist to this story – Angelo is from Ecuador.  

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categories / Politics
tags / Immigration, New York City