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ASEAN Investment Report 2017 – Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Zones in ASEAN

ASEAN Investment Report 2017 – Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Zones in ASEAN

1 minuto FDI flows into ASEAN in 2016 remained high despite a decline to USD 97 billion, which reflects the general downfall trend of global FDI flows into the developing economies. FDI flows from most ASEAN Dialogue Partners and intra-ASEAN investment actually increased, with the latter reaching an all-time high and accounting for a 25 per cent share of FDI flows into the region. However, these increases were not enough to help overcome the decline which was due to divestment, acquisition of foreign assets Continue lendo

FTZs to propel regional growth

FTZs to propel regional growth

1 minuto Free trade zones in China’s central and western regions do not have a physical port, but they still have major potential to build up their free trade ports and thereby facilitate wider regional growth, government think tanks said on Tuesday. Their comments came after the Ministry of Commerce’s move to coordinate with the Shanghai municipal government and related administrations to plan the establishment of a free port within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was announced last week. Bai Ming, a Continue lendo

A hora de decisão: ou tornamos as ZPEs competitivas, ou é melhor extingui-las em definitivo.

11 minutos A HORA DE DECISÃO: OU TORNAMOS AS ZPES COMPETITIVAS, OU É MELHOR EXTINGUI-LAS EM DEFINITIVO Helson Braga, Ph.D., presidente da ABRAZPE The institutions a society develops or fails to develop… provide an important indicator of that society’s capacity for development” (Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley, USA). O programa das Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (ZPEs) sobrevive por três décadas (ele foi criado pelo presidente José Sarney em 1988) ao efeito conjunto de dois equívocos evidentes: de parte do setor industrial, temeroso Continue lendo

Les zones franches ont été créées en tant qu’outil de planification pour aider au développement économique zones franches: coûts et avantages

Les zones franches ont été créées en tant qu’outil de planification pour aider au développement économique zones franches: coûts et avantages

5 minutos Les zones franches économiques (ZFE) ont été instituées par la loi du 3 août 1992, modifiée par la loi du 31 janvier 1994. Les personnes physiques ou morales résidentes ou non résidentes sont libres de procéder aux investissements dans les ZFE et ce, dans les secteurs industriels, commercial et de services orientés totalement vers l’exportation. La liste des zones franches est fixée par décret. Actuellement, il existe deux zones franches dans le nord et le sud du pays ( Bizerte et Zarzis). Continue lendo

US tax reform and its likely impacts on HK-US trade and investment

US tax reform and its likely impacts on HK-US trade and investment

2 minutos On 22 December 2017, America’s President Trump signed into law the biggest overhaul of the US tax system in more than 30 years. Widely regarded as the President’s first major legislative triumph, the newly-enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will give about 80% of US households a tax cut over the next decade. Furthermore, most US corporations will enjoy a lower after-tax cost of capital thanks to the new law. However, it is being criticised for widening the US government’s fiscal deficit Continue lendo