1 minuto China has unveiled plans to further deepen reform and boost innovation in three coastal pilot free-trade zones to improve the business environment and enhance the country’s opening-up, a senior commerce official said on Thursday. The new drive for reform and opening-up in free-trade zones in Guangdong and Fujian provinces and in Tianjin will focus on high quality development, supply-side structural reform, institutional innovation and risk prevention, according to a document released recently by the State Council. Ren Hongbin, assistant commerce minister, said Continue lendo→

1 minuto O Ceará está participando, nesta terça e quarta-feira (29 e 30/05), em São Paulo, do Brazil Investment Forum (BIF) 2018, evento cujo objetivo é atrair investidores estrangeiros para o país e é organizado pela Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Apex Brasil) , Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e Governo Federal. O Ceará é um dos 23 estados com estande para atendimento a investidores. Uma equipe do Governo do Ceará, por meio da Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Econômico (SDE) e do Continue lendo→

2 minutos What will happen to free zones in the UAE when 100 per cent ownership is given to onshore? Sam Blatteis, co-founder and CEO of The Mena Catalysts Inc, a Gulf-based government affairs consulting company, said that free zones are not going anywhere into the midterm. “They provide many other benefits to companies including commitments to no corporate taxes for lengthy periods of time, no import or export duties, along with 100 per cent repatriation of revenues and profits. The word ‘free’ in free Continue lendo→

1 minuto A Zona de Processmanto de Exportação, construída em Senador Guiomard, ajudou a incentivar o discurso de que o Acre seria um grande exportador. Chegar aos portos peruanos e atravessar o Oceano Pacífico para conquistar os mercados asiáticos era uma história frequente contada pelo Governo do Estado do Acre. Mas, essa versão está mais difícil de ser contada ou que alguém acredite nela. A ZPE do Acre foi a primeira do país a receber a autorização alfandegária para funcionar. A ideia era processar Continue lendo→

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→