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fDi’s Global Free Zones of the Year 2018 – the winners

1 minuto For the fourth year running, the United Arab Emirates’ DMCC has seen off all other competition to be crowned fDi’s Global Free Zone of the Year for 2018. Almost 2000 new businesses were established in the zone in 2017, and DMCC finished the year with 14,805 companies and more than 61,700 employees. Some notable investments in 2017 include Saudi Arabia-based transportation and logistics company Bahri Group, which relocated to the zone’s One JLT low-rise business tower, expanding to more than 2900 square metres. Continue lendo→

MDIC realiza estudo para calcular impacto da ZPE no Ceará

1 minuto O Ministério da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços (MDIC) irá conduzir um estudo sobre os impactos da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) no Ceará e na região do Porto Pecém. “Estamos estruturando o estudo do impacto da ZPE no Ceará. Pretendemos mensurar os impactos sociais, econômicos e de utilização de mão de obra. A partir desse modelo, faremos um monitoramento e a avaliação de uma política pública para ser referência a todos os estados que queiram implantar uma ZPE”, disse ao Focus Continue lendo→

Thomson Reuters fornecerá solução para gestão fiscal e de comércio exterior da ZPE Parnaíba

2 minutos As ZPEs (Zonas de Processamento de Exportação) são distritos industriais que proporcionam incentivos fiscais, cambiais e administrativos para empresas ali localizadas e que destinem ao menos 80% de sua produção para o mercado externo. O objetivo é atrair investimentos, ampliar a produtividade, criar empregos e trazer novas tecnologias para a região. O sistema de gestão de Zonas de Processamento de Exportação faz o gerenciamento e controle das atividades da ZPE, integrando a empresa administradora do sitio industrial. A solução faz o controle do Continue lendo→

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

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→