Artigos

4 minutos Through my work at UN Trade and Development (Unctad) over the past decade, I’ve had the opportunity to study, visit and engage with special economic zones (SEZs) from around the world. It’s inspiring to see how a growing number of governments are using SEZs as a policy tool to catalyse sustainable development, echoing Unctad’s call in 2019.  For many years, Unctad has been working to accelerate SEZs’ contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This includes supporting them to align their strategies Continue lendo→

14 minutos No dia 28 de outubro de 2024 (segunda-feira), das 9h às 17h, será realizada, na sede do Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo (Iasp), o evento híbrido (presencial e on-line) “A lei geral de comércio exterior e a modernização das aduanas” para discutir o projeto de lei geral do comércio exterior desenvolvido por especialistas da Receita Federal do Brasil, da Secretaria de Comércio Exterior, e da Consultoria Legislativa do Senado. O evento será realizado conjuntamente pelo Instituto de Pesquisas em Direito Aduaneiro (IPDA) e Continue lendo→

7 minutos Multinational companies are discussing and investing in free trade zones (FTZs) more than ever before as they navigate a world beset with rising geopolitical tensions, protectionist policies and industrial transformation in everything from digitalisation to the energy transition. The number of global corporate filings and event transcripts mentioning either “free zone” or its derivatives like “free trade zone” or “special economic zone” has risen steadily since records began in 2006, hitting an all-time high in the third quarter of 2023, according to Continue lendo→

4 minutos Despite perceptions, SEZs don’t exist in a vacuum and aren’t always a safe harbour from global politics | Jacopo Dettoni Special economic zones (SEZs) are often perceived as policy exceptions. They thrive on different fiscal and customs rules, as well as a streamlined governance. They’re the result of a deliberate policy decision chasing a specific outcome in the form of more inbound investment, foreign trade, diversification and governance upgrade. As such, they are more policy boosters than exceptions — a distinction that Continue lendo→