Notícias

2 minutos Embora os termos do acordo comercial entre Mercosul e União Europeia (UE) ainda não estejam definidos, é consensual que o Brasil terá de simplificar sua estrutura tributária, reduzir taxas de juros e melhorar a infraestrutura logística para que os produtos nacionais tenham condições de competir no mercado externo. No caso do Ceará, que destina cerca de 25% das exportações para o bloco europeu, o desafio será aumentar a participação nas exportações brasileiras aproveitando as oportunidades para setores nos quais o Estado se Continue lendo→

4 minutos O prefeito de Cáceres, Francis Maris Cruz, retornou ontem da Bolívia, depois de acompanhar uma comitiva de lideranças do setor produtivo de Mato Grosso. No período de 30 de junho a 5 de julho, eles trataram de importação e exportação, com o objetivo de fortalecer o comercio bilateral entre a Bolívia e o Brasil. Participaram os presidentes da Aprosoja, Antonio Galvan, da Pró-Logística, Edeon Vaz Ferreira, da Oeste Tangará, Diogo Rutinelli, a vice-prefeita, Eliene Liberato e outros empresários. O primeiro encontro foi Continue lendo→

2 minutos Parliament passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which proposes to allow trusts to set up units in SEZs, with the government asserting these zones were an engine of growth and employment. The Rajya Sabha approved the Bill by a voice vote on Thursday, a day after it was passed in the Lok Sabha .  The Bill will replace the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, which was promulgated in March. The ordinance had paved the way for trusts to set up Continue lendo→

1 minuto China’s 12 pilot free trade zones (FTZ) have attracted nearly 40,000 foreign enterprises since the first was established in Shanghai over five years ago, a new report showed. Within the period, the zones saw over 600,000 newly-established enterprises in total, according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC) with the Ministry of Commerce. The zones have attracted 12 percent of the country’s foreign investment inflow and generated 12 percent of China’s imports and exports Continue lendo→

1 minuto The Defence Technology Institute shows an unmanned aerial vehicle to be used to survey forest areas in the county. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)  The government is planning new “special economic zones” aimed at better supporting Thailand’s defence technology industry. The plan, backed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon who on Wednesday chaired the Defence Council meeting, will be carried out under the 2019 Defence Technology Act. Defence spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich said a panel would be set up to oversee the zones, but Continue lendo→