Notícias

3 minutos China’s key free trade zones saw robust growth in foreign investment and trade during the first seven months of the year despite mounting downside pressures and a sluggish global economy due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. Tang Wenhong, director of the department of pilot free trade zones and free trade ports at the Ministry of Commerce, said the pilot FTZs have played a key role in stabilizing foreign trade and investment. “The FTZs have been working Continue lendo→

4 minutos Integrantes do governo, representantes da indústria nacional e defensores da ampliação das zonas de processamento de exportação (ZPEs) aproveitaram uma medida provisória (MP) editada para viabilizar o abastecimento de oxigênio durante a pandemia para reformular a lei que rege o funcionamento dessas áreas. O texto acordado retira travas existentes para vendas ao mercado interno e impõe outras para evitar “concorrência desleal”.  ZPEs são áreas de livre-comércio com o exterior, com tratamento tributário, cambial e administrativo diferenciado. As empresas instaladas nelas adquirem bens Continue lendo→

1 minuto  An official with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday said China’s special economic zones (SEZs) and free trade zones are conducive to sustainable growth. Beate Trankmann, resident representative of UNDP China, made the remarks at a forum held on the sidelines of the ongoing China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). A sustainable future calls for massive investments of 5 to 7 trillion U.S. dollars per year, mostly in developing countries, which can only be achieved through improved government Continue lendo→

1 minuto The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) is gearing up to implement a unified system for the One-Stop Shop (OSS) in the special economic zones and free zones as an implementation of the Royal Decree No (105/2020) to establish the Authority. The Royal Decree stipulates that the Authority’s competences include implementing the One-Stop Shop system in the special economic zones and free zones. OPAZ aims to put in place this unified system for the one-stop shop in all Continue lendo→