outubro 9, 2018

Special Economic Zones: Challenges and Opportunities

Special Economic Zones: Challenges and Opportunities

2 minutos Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can be regarded as an investment in industrial infrastructure and a services provider to attract and facilitate foreign investment, integrate local firms into global value chains, promote export-oriented growth and generate employment. For many countries, these zones are an important instrument of socioeconomic development. They are widely deployed to kick-start industrial sectors and to promote technology transfer to local economies and can contribute to improving the overall investment environment, lowering transaction costs for FDI activities, increasing the ease of doing business and streamlining administrative procedures, including the time required to set up operations. According to UNCTAD’s estimate, there are now estimates Continue lendo

A reconsideration on China’s free trade zone strategies under the background of China-U.S. Trade friction

A reconsideration on China’s free trade zone strategies under the background of China-U.S. Trade friction

4 minutos The China-U.S. trade friction and global trade war ignited by U.S. President Trump have exerted both negative and positive influences on the liberalization of trade and investment. As a result, multilateral systems have been shaken and the foundation of global rules has been severely undermined, while the U.S. unilateral protection has forced the world market to become more open. New breakthroughs have also been made in terms of bilateral or sub-regional economic integration such as the proposed US-EU zero-tariff negotiation, the formal Continue lendo