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Telling the FTZ success story – FTZ program’s anniversary outreach to Congress

Telling the FTZ success story – FTZ program’s anniversary outreach to Congress

2 minutos Yes, it’s been 84 years since Congress passed the U.S. Foreign Trade Zones Act in June of 1934 – providing essential tools for companies in the U.S. to remain competitive with foreign-based firms and helping to spread the prosperity of international commerce throughout the United States. Now, as part of our 2018 Public Affairs Advocacy Campaign, Telling the FTZ Success Story, we are asking FTZ leaders throughout the nation to reach out to Members of Congress – your U.S. Senators and Representatives – and Continue lendo

Grupo ZFB y Zona Franca Bogotá impulsan el mercado de los datacenter

Grupo ZFB y Zona Franca Bogotá impulsan el mercado de los datacenter

6 minutos Cada vez tiene más auge el crecimiento de los servicios en la nube y la transformación digital en el mundo y en Latinoamérica. Para muestra de ello y respondiendo la demanda que exigen los centros de datos y las nuevas necesidades digitales, el Grupo ZFB a través de su presidente Juan Pablo Rivera, anunció la construcción de un nuevo datacenter el cual será uno de los más grandes de la región. ¿Por qué se decidió construir un nuevo datacenter? El Grupo ZFB, líder Continue lendo

Southern Special Economic Zones in Italy and the EU State Aid regime

Southern Special Economic Zones in Italy and the EU State Aid regime

menos de 1 minuto The Law for the development of southern Italy opened the door for a series of measures aimed at enhancing economic growth in the South. The law is a roadmap for the south that just might have sufficient flexibility to be successful. It establishes that a Regulation will be issued defining the economic aspects of development, in particular the Special Economic Zones. On 27 February 2018 the Regulation for the establishment of Special Economic Zones (ZES) came into force. The decree of Continue lendo

Zona franca industrial de servicios turísticos – Colombia

Zona franca industrial de servicios turísticos – Colombia

3 minutos Se entiende por Zona Franca Industrial de Servicios Turísticos, un área geográfica delimitada del territorio nacional, con el objeto primordial de promover y desarrollar la prestación de servicios en la actividad turística, destinados al turismo receptivo y de manera subsidiaria al turismo nacional. Son actividades turísticas entre otras, la prestación de servicios de alojamiento, de agencias de viajes, restaurantes, organizaciones de congresos, servicios de transporte, actividades deportivas, artísticas, culturales y recreacionales. Las Zonas Francas Industriales de servicios turísticos reciben los siguientes beneficios: Continue lendo

The future of special economic zones in Afghanistan

The future of special economic zones in Afghanistan

5 minutos The concept of special economic zones in Afghanistan is not intentional, rather accidental.  The scheduled withdrawal plan of U.S. and NATO forces in 2014 left a huge amount of infrastructure to Afghan forces. This included $2 billion worth of infrastructure and equipment at eight strategic airfields in the country, equipped with sophisticated machinery and a well-developed infrastructure. Bastion-Helmand and Bagram-Kabul, in particular, are of considerable importance. Ashraf Ghani, the current president of Afghanistan and a former World Bank employee, proposed creating special economic zones (SEZs) at Continue lendo