Japan is the second most important investor country in Hungary from the Far East. The CEO of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), Róbert Ésik explains to Diplomacy&Trade how the organization is working to attract more Japanese investors and to accommodate those already established here helping the Hungarian economy. “One of the first large foreign […]

Last year, the Republic of Korea was the largest source of foreign direct investments in Hungary. The Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) played a pivotal role in many of these investment projects as its CEO, Róbert Ésik explains to Diplomacy&Trade. He points out that 2019 was another successful year for Hungary in terms of foreign […]

The Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is both a Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) and an Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) representing the Korean government. The organization opened its Budapest office (Korea Business Center) in 1988, at the start of Hungary’s economic (and political) transformation. “Because of our early arrival, we have a deep understanding […]