Hot Topics in International Trade-Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Benefits
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are well established tools for increasing exports, facilitating imports and driving economic growth in their host economies. SEZs are "demarcated geographic areas contained within a country's...more
The global finance industry has been undergoing a significant shift in recent years, with investment patterns showing a slow but steady pivot towards Low Income, Lower Middle Income, and Upper Middle Income nations, as...more
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be the world’s largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organization. It aims to bring together all 55 member states of the African Union (AU)...more
On 6 May 2017 the Dubai Land Department (DLD) and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced that they had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which allows DIFC entities to purchase property and...more
Following the announcement in July of an ambitious plan to develop mainland China’s first free trade zone in Shanghai, there have been several recent developments relating to the forming and unveiling of the zone. ...more