For Shanghai, it definitely aims at the highest international standards in developing a free-trade port

For Shanghai, it definitely aims at the highest international standards in developing a free-trade port

2 minutos With China’s commerce minister Zhong Shan offering verbal support to building the country’s free-trade ports this week, Beijing’s renewed efforts to pick up the free-trade mantle could contain some substance this time. To accelerate the opening-up of the Chinese economy, Zhong said greater freedom should be given to the local governments in running the free-trade zones, which would eventually be developed into free-trade ports. His statement was published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce. Zhong is the latest senior government official to Continue lendo

Trade volumes in special zones rise more than 50%

Trade volumes in special zones rise more than 50%

menos de 1 minuto Trade volume at the Port of Kaohsiung’s free-trade zones rose by more than 50 percent as of November, Taiwan International Ports Co said yesterday. Trade volume and trade value in the free-trade zones have grown significantly since the port received London Metal Exchange (LME) certification in 2013, the company said. Total trade volume at the zones last year reached 1.099 million in the January-to-November period, an increase of 56.94 percent from the same period in 2016, according to statistics provided Continue lendo

Prumo diz que existem interessados em área de livre comércio no RJ

Prumo diz que existem interessados em área de livre comércio no RJ

1 minuto Os investimentos na Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) do Porto do Açu serão lentos e vão acontecer ao longo do tempo. Mas já existem investidores estrangeiros interessados na área de livre comércio, de acordo com o presidente da Prumo Logística, José Magela. O presidente Michel Temer assinou no dia 27/12/2017 o decreto que cria a ZPE do Açu, localizada no distrito industrial de São João da Barra, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A previsão é que a nova zona esteja Continue lendo

Go with the flow – China to develop Shanghai’s free-trade zone and port at ‘orderly pace’

Go with the flow – China to develop Shanghai’s free-trade zone and port at ‘orderly pace’

1 minuto Enthusiasm is creeping ahead of reality as Shanghai makes plans to further develop its free-trade zone into a Hong Kong-style free marketplace. And while there is no concrete operating guide to work from, officials, researchers and company executives are in consensus that the city will need to expand the size of the free-trade zone, liberalise yuan capital accounts, loosen customs requirements and grant free visas to business travellers as it edges closer to becoming a global financial and shipping hub. “A free-trade Continue lendo

Brasileiros abrem 7 de cada 10 indústrias do Paraguai

Brasileiros abrem 7 de cada 10 indústrias do Paraguai

1 minuto Sete em cada dez indústrias que se instalaram no Paraguai nos últimos cinco anos são de brasileiros, segundo dados do governo local. Eles foram atraídos por uma vertiginosa diferença (para menos) nos custos trabalhistas, na conta de energia elétrica e nos impostos, capaz de tirar do vermelho suas margens de lucro e recolocá-los, com preços competitivos, na disputa global por consumidores. O Paraguai tem dois regimes para atração de investimentos: a maquila e a zona franca. Na maquila, a empresa fica livre de Continue lendo

Free Trade Zones as part of the UK’s post Brexit international trade strategy

Free Trade Zones as part of the UK’s post Brexit international trade strategy

1 minuto Following Brexit the UK is likely to be disadvantaged in seeking inward investment into Europe by a reduction in its access to the Single Market. To address this disadvantage the government could consider using FTZs to attract foreign investors. The EU has permitted such zones to be set up for regional development purposes in a number of locations including Shannon and Katowice. Following withdrawal from the Single Market the UK would suffer at least a short term disruption to its trade patterns Continue lendo

Opening outward: Political horizons on the Belt & Road

Opening outward: Political horizons on the Belt & Road

1 minuto The Chinese government has announced nearly $900 billion in infrastructure projects as part of its Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) – an economic, land and maritime trading route which will span 64 countries on three continents. Foreign policy questions continue to dominate the discussion on Beijing’s true intentions and whether the talk of ‘more-open trade’ can be taken at face value. But to what extent are concerns over China’s foreign policy tendrils justified? President Xi Ping’s 2013 announcement, of an almost unprecedented Continue lendo

Zonas francas de Uruguay – Fue votado en comisión con cambios sugeridos por el astorismo

Zonas francas de Uruguay – Fue votado en comisión con cambios sugeridos por el astorismo

2 minutos La comisión de hacienda de la Cámara de Diputados aprobó este martes – con cambios sugeridos por Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) y por el Ministerio de Economía – el proyecto de ley sobre zonas francas que el Senado había votado en marzo de este año. El proyecto será votado la próxima semana en el plenario de la Cámara Baja. La bancada de diputados del Frente Amplio (FA) acordó realizarle cambios al proyecto que había aprobado el Senado Continue lendo

Privatização da ZPE de Boa Vista/RR deve ser concluída no 1º trimestre de 2018

Privatização da ZPE de Boa Vista/RR deve ser concluída no 1º trimestre de 2018

menos de 1 minuto O processo de privatização da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) de Boa Vista, que foi aprovado pela Câmara Municipal no final de 2016, deverá ser concluído ainda no primeiro trimestre do próximo ano, segundo a Prefeitura de Boa Vista. O edital de licitação que escolherá as empresas privadas que serão responsáveis pela administração da Zona foi encaminhado para o Conselho Nacional das ZPEs, que em agosto deste ano enviou representantes para avaliar as condições da Capital para receber a Continue lendo

Nigeria licencia tres nuevas zonas francas

Nigeria licencia tres nuevas zonas francas

menos de 1 minuto El director gerente de la Autoridad Nigeriana Procesadora de Zonas de Exportaciones (NEPZA, inglés), Emmanuel Jime, anunció hoy que su organismo licenció tres nuevas Zonas Francas en territorio nacional. Según Jime, citado por la estatal Agencia Nigeriana de Noticias (NAN), las nuevas Zonas tienen más de dos mil 751 millones de dólares en entradas de Inversión Extranjera Directa en el país, y apuntan a empleos directos superiores a los 50 mil. Leia mais