Notícias

Uberaba avança em tratativas da ZPE com o Governo Federal

Uberaba avança em tratativas da ZPE com o Governo Federal

1 minuto A Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) de Uberaba estará em pauta na próxima reunião do Conselho Nacional das Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (CNZPE), prevista para ocorrer até o final do mês de setembro em Brasília. A reunião é importante e decisiva já que Uberaba espera desde março a votação do novo pedido de prazo para as obras de infraestrutura. O secretário de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Turismo e Inovação de Uberaba, José Renato Gomes informa que será protocolado na segunda-feira (9) o Continue lendo

South Africa seeks to lure Chinese investment in special economic zones

South Africa seeks to lure Chinese investment in special economic zones

1 minuto South African government officials will this week go to China to showcase investment opportunities in the African country’s special economic zones (SEZs). The South African Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Fikile Majola said Monday they will hold the special economic zones roadshow in China’s Chengdu city on Sept. 5-6. “The Special Economic Zones Program has now entered a full implementation phase, with designated SEZs continuing to show a positive progress in terms of the number of investors operating in the zones,” Continue lendo

Transnational corporations: special issue on special economic zones

Transnational corporations: special issue on special economic zones

1 minuto Volume 26 number 2 of the Transnational Corporations journal is a special issue dedicated to special economic zones (SEZs) and their potential as vehicles for development. The issue grew out of research and background papers that fed into UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019, the thematic focus of which was SEZs.  In compiling this issue, we sought to contextualize the emergence of SEZs, their evolution, and the associated policy trajectories that underpin them. This introductory paper amalgamates observations from the broader academic literature, Continue lendo

Tereza Cristina: “Vou até as últimas consequências em defesa do agronegócio brasileiro”

Tereza Cristina: “Vou até as últimas consequências em defesa do agronegócio brasileiro”

2 minutos Ministra voltou a se manifestar como defensora da expansão do mercado de carne halal e da exportação de gado em pé | Foto: Divulgação A ministra da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa), Tereza Cristina, disse em discurso na Expointer, em Esteio (RS), e considerando as críticas recebidas pela agropecuária no cenário nacional e internacional por participação nas queimadas e no desmatamento da Amazônia, que os problemas enfrentados pelo setor são passageiros e que o ministério vai fazer tudo que esta ao seu Continue lendo

Domestic investment in Iran’s free zones up nearly 40%

Domestic investment in Iran’s free zones up nearly 40%

2 minutos The secretary of Iranian Free Zones High Council said domestic investment in the country’s free economic, industrial zones increased nearly 40 percent in the past Iranian calendar year of 1397 (ended on March 20), IRIB reported on Tuesday. According to Morteza Bank, domestic investment in the country’s free zones during the past Iranian calendar year stood at 67.9 trillion rials (about $1.66 billion), nearly 40 percent more than its preceding year’s 48 trillion rials (about $1.142 billion) in the same period. The Continue lendo