IV Congreso Nacional de Zonas Francas: “La disrupción tecnológica”, San José, Costa Rica, 5/9/2018.

IV Congreso Nacional de Zonas Francas: “La disrupción tecnológica”, San José, Costa Rica, 5/9/2018.

menos de 1 minuto La automatización y digitalización de la Industria 4.0 está revolucionando las cadenas globales de valor y orientando el rumbo de la inversión, la economía y el mundo, y será el tema del IV Congreso Nacional de Zonas Francas. La cuarta edición del Congreso Nacional de Zonas Francas, el próximo 5 de septiembre, abordará los retos, desafíos y oportunidades de las tecnologías digitales en las empresas bajo el Régimen, dentro del marco de la llamada Industria 4.0, la cuarta revolución industrial. Continue lendo

Fórum de Investimentos Brasil 2018

Fórum de Investimentos Brasil 2018

menos de 1 minuto O Fórum de Investimentos Brasil 2018 irá destacar as oportunidades de investimento em setores estratégicos da economia brasileira, como infraestrutura, energia, agronegócios, construção, tecnologia e inovação. Esta será uma oportunidade única para discutir as melhorias no ambiente de negócios no Brasil. O Fórum será inaugurado pelo Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil, Sr. Michel Temer, e pelo Presidente do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, Sr. Luis Alberto Moreno, e contará com a presença de representantes de alto nível do Governo brasileiro, Continue lendo

What governments can do for the losers from free trade

What governments can do for the losers from free trade

6 minutos Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Previously, he was chief economist and economic adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden and executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. In 1995-96, he was Deputy Chief Economist at America’s Department of Labour. He is the author of numerous books on economics. Follow him on Twitter at @econjared When I joined the Economic Policy Institute in the early 1990s, we were among the only economists Continue lendo

Chinese govt aims to make free trade zones even freer

Chinese govt aims to make free trade zones even freer

menos de 1 minuto The Chinese Central People’s Government has published plans to open wider three free trade zones along the coast of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency, citing a document issued by the State Council, or cabinet, says the thrust of the changes in the FTZs in Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian is to build institutional systems that follow international rules on investment and trade. The report says the authorities in charge of the FTZs will have greater power to make Continue lendo

2018 Annual Conference and Exposition – NAFTZ, USA

2018 Annual Conference and Exposition – NAFTZ, USA

menos de 1 minuto Join the conversation September 16-19, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, with industry professionals and partners who will challenge you to take trade to new heights at the Annual Conference & Exposition. Attend this 4-day event and gain a lifetime of resources, relationships and regulation updates that you can enhance and build upon each year and event cycle. Leia mais

Zonas Francas, el gran oasis de la competitividad regional

Zonas Francas, el gran oasis de la competitividad regional

3 minutos Para la Asociación Nacional de Industriales, las zonas francas y los puertos se han convertido en motores para el desarrollo de la economía en las regiones y la base de una plataforma productiva competitiva y de grandes oportunidades. Así lo expuso el presidente ejecutivo de la Andi, Bruce Mac Master, en el marco del I Congreso de Zonas Francas y Puertos, que concluyó hoy en el Hotel Hyatt en Cartagena, con la participación de empresarios colombianos y extranjeros. “Las zonas francas son uno Continue lendo

Special Economic Zones: the new functional evolution in the world

Special Economic Zones: the new functional evolution in the world

7 minutos The insertion of articles 4 and 5 dedicated to Special Economic Zones (ZES) in Decree-Law no. 91/2017, converted, with amendments, into Law no. 123/2017, containing: “Urgent provisions for the economic growth of Southern Italy”, has allowed Italy to become the first founding member of the European Community and the first Western European State to adopt rules expressly directed to the regulation of these exceptional instruments for accelerating economic development. With the forthcoming publication of the Decree of the Presidency of the Council Continue lendo

Logistics and distribution management in a foreign trade zone

Logistics and distribution management in a foreign trade zone

5 minutos The economy as a whole has seen an accelerated shift in the trading practices. The entire process from production to the delivery of goods has witnessed alterations. The world is connected to the extent that goods are manufactured in one country, assembled in another and distributed in another. The global trade has been expanded, and this has changed the dynamics of logistics and distribution. One of the milestones for the logistics and distribution was the creation of the Free trade zones also Continue lendo

Exportaciones de bienes desde zonas francas – Uruguay

Exportaciones de bienes desde zonas francas – Uruguay

1 minuto Las Zonas Francas (ZZ.FF.) tienen un importante rol en la captación de inversión, en la generación de empleo calificado y en la diversificación de las exportaciones del país. El presente informe se centra en la importancia que éstas tienen en las exportaciones de bienes, ya sea mediante la utilización de estos recintos como centros logísticos (son destino intermedio de las exportaciones de granos o determinados productos farmacéuticos) o también como locaciones de procesamiento industrial (celulosa y concentrado de bebidas). En 2017, las Continue lendo

Formalização de parceria entre Pecém e Roterdã entra em fase final

Formalização de parceria entre Pecém e Roterdã entra em fase final

3 minutos Os trâmites para a formalização da parceria entre o Porto do Pecém e o Porto de Roterdã entram em fase final de execução. As tratativas jurídicas do processo estão adiantadas. Juvêncio Vasconcelos, procurador Geral do Estado, está em São Paulo até esta quinta-feira, 24, para validar os detalhes com a equipe jurídica do porto holandês. “O cronograma está em dia. A reunião foi para a validação dos termos de acionista definidos no acordo. Essa medida respalda o Estado”, adianta César Ribeiro, titular Continue lendo