While making his case to Atlanta investors Sept. 5, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski rattled off a litany of American and European companies that have seized opportunities in his country. But perhaps the endorsement that mattered most to the local audience came before Mr. Gruevski stepped to the podium at the World Trade Center Atlanta. In 2009, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Skopje, the Macedonian capital, topped the Atlanta-based beverage...
