menos de 1 minuto China launched its Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Program in 2013 to accelerate the country’s reform and opening up. There are now 12 Free Trade Zones with the most recent and largest being Hainan FTZestablished in April 2018. While FTZs are relatively new, the principle of a zonal based approach to economic development in China is not. Ever since Deng Xiaoping began to liberalize the economy in 1978, zones have served as important test beds for economic reform before being rolled out Continue lendo→

3 minutos Con la publicación del reglamento de la Ley de Zonas de Desarrollo Económicas Especiales Públicas (ZEEP), se espera promover la inversión nacional e internacional, generación de empleo, y comercialización de manufacturas. El Reglamento Entró En Vigencia El 4 De Febrero Y Permitirá A Los Usuarios De Las ZDEEP Realizar Actividades Como Producción, Fabricación, Embalaje, Almacenamiento, Distribución, Entre Otras Acciones Relacionadas En Los Sectores De Industria, Comercio Y Servicios.Por lo tanto, el objetivo es incentivar inversiones, dado que estas zonas pueden gozar del Continue lendo→

3 minutos The Ghana Free Zone Authority (GFZA) has announced plans to establish Special Economic Zones in every region of the country. According to the Authority, the idea to create the Special Economic Zones is to locate factories selected for processing and manufacturing of goods close to the source of raw materials. Mr Kwame Nsiah Asante, Head of Enclave and Estate Management of the GFZA announced this at a capacity building workshop for the Parliamentary Press Corps in Accra. The seminar, which was on Continue lendo→

1 minuto State-developer Dubai South said on Monday it aimed to spend Dh2 billion to build an e-commerce free trade zone offering foreign firms 100 per cent ownership. Foreigners operating outside of free trade zones in Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates can usually only hold a maximum 49 per cent stake, with UAE nationals holding the rest. The new 920,000 square metre trade zone, known as EZDubai, aimed to attract e-commerce, logistics and other related industries, the developer said, adding that construction Continue lendo→

1 minuto The ECC meeting presided over by Minister for Finance Asad Umar also approved Rs833 million to clear dues to the employees of Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (PMTF).  The meeting – cut short by an engagement of Prime Minister Imran Khan – deferred discussions on measures for better placement of human resource abroad at improved wages.  In a presentation, Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) Haroon Sharif informed the ECC that not more than 10pc electricity and gas was available at all the 10 Continue lendo→

1 minuto Las 112 zonas francas que tiene el país en la actualidad se continuarán declarando vigentes. El ministro de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, José Manuel Restrepo, aseguró que el Gobierno Nacional tiene la voluntad de sacar adelante las prórrogas y que tiene como prioridad promover estos territorios especiales como “un potente instrumento para la promoción de la inversión, el empleo y la transformación productiva de la Nación”. De las 112 zonas francas con que cuenta el país, 69 son permanentes especiales (uniempresariales) y Continue lendo→

1 minuto Las exportaciones dominicanas cerraron el año pasado en US$11,052.3 millones, para un aumento de US$931.6 millones (equivalente a un 9.2%), de acuerdo con los resultados preliminares de la economía. El informe presentado por el Banco Central explica que el crecimiento se debe al aumento de un 8.5% de las exportaciones nacionales y de un 9.8% de las exportaciones de zonas francas. Mientras que el “Panorama del Comercio Exterior”, publicado en noviembre del año pasado por el Observatorio Dominicano de Comercio Internacional (ODCI), Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto Check out how, all across China, the Pilot Free Trade Zones are helping to further the country’s opening up process with the rest of the world. Leia mais

2 minutos Em meio à instabilidade do setor de rochas ornamentais no Brasil, o Ceará encarou os desafios e cresceu 5,3% em 2018. Foram exportados US$ 28.069.269 em produtos cearenses ante US$ 26.652.799 em 2017. No País, o segmento recuou nos últimos cinco anos e fechou em queda de 10,1% no ano passado. Os dados são do Ministério da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços (MDIC).  A expectativa do Sindicato da Indústria de Mármores e Granitos (Simagran) é que a cifra salte para US$ 200 Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto Once an exemplary student of globalisation encouraged to be a “responsible stakeholder” in international affairs, China is increasingly portrayed in the West as a “strategic competitor” or worse, a dangerous threat to the survival of the rules-based international order. China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is one of the reasons for this shift in sentiment, with a crescendo of accusations about its geopolitical intentions and the dangers of debt peonage. China has reacted swiftly to such accusations, rejecting, in particular, comparisonsbetween its belt and road programme and the Marshall Continue lendo→