Notícias

1 minuto The World Bank and the International Financial Cooperation (IFC) have announced their intentions to partner  with relevant agencies in the development of the Akwa Ibom Free Trade Zone project. The institutions made their intentions known through a delegation sent from the Bretton Woods institution and IFC to pay a courtesy visit to Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) boss, Mr Bitrus Dawuk in Abuja. The leader of the delegation, Mr Feyi Boroffice pointed out that certain massive projects in the country could not be possible Continue lendo→

2 minutos A Prefeitura Municipal de Macaíba, juntamente com a Federação das Indústrias do Rio Grande do Norte – FIERN e a Agência de Fomento do Rio Grande do Norte – AGN, promovem na próxima quarta-feira (18/03/2020), a partir das 10 horas, na sede administrativa da Prefeitura, situada à Avenida Mônica Nóbrega Dantas, nº 34, centro, um grande leilão presencial para a venda de 100% (cem por cento) das ações formadoras do capital social da Administradora da Zona de Processamento de Exportação de Macaíba S.A. Continue lendo→

1 minuto The U.K. government has set out plans to introduce up to 10 post-Brexit freeports by the end of 2020. Robert Marchant of Crowe considers how this would work in practice. In February 2020, the U.K. government issued a consultation on reintroducing freeports as part of its post-Brexit international trade strategy.  As a member of the EU, the U.K. has been unable to negotiate its own individual trade agreements and it is possible that non-EU countries such as the U.S., Canada, Australia and India, and emerging Continue lendo→

2 minutos Pakistani authorities have invited UK-based investors to capitalise on investment opportunities in the special economic zones (SEZs) during an international roadshow. High Commissioner Nafees Zakaria apprised the British Pakistanis about the investment opportunities in Pakistan, especially in SEZs being established under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. “CPEC has been dubbed as a game changer and holds immense economic opportunities,” a statement on Friday quoted Zakaria as addressing during the roadshow in London. The roadshow was held to introduce the SEZs and Continue lendo→

4 minutos We had discussed the rise of South Korea and Taiwan earlier. While the Chinese story is well talked about, most of the discussion is regarding the achievements of the last two decades when it showed astonishing growth. In the early Nineties, it was not significantly different from India. Even in 2005, it had a GDP of a little over $2 trillion which was then a little more than double of the Indian level. India reached the $2 trillion mark by 2014 by Continue lendo→