The Belgian American Chamber of the South is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Belgium Channel . Sign up here for monthly newsletters on Belgian trade and investment connections to Georgia. Green Worldwide Shipping is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Trade Channel . Sign up here for monthly global trade updates. With $5 billion and 7,500 jobs on the line at a single plant, what happens in the broader U.S. electric-vehicle sector matters for Georgians. And major investors, at the moment, are getting swept up in the nets of overlapping policy shifts that have dented demand for battery-powered vehicles while raising manufacturers’ costs and cutting incentives. During a wide-ranging panel discussion, Rivian Corporate Affairs Director Andrew Capezzuto said the electric truck and SUV maker agrees with the intent to bring back as much manufacturing capacity as possible to the U.S., but the ability to do that, in the short term, depends on access to parts that aren’t fully made domestically, he said. “We can’t just flip a switch and adjust those foreign supply chains here domestically,” he added, noting that less erratic shifts would help companies imme
