As relations between Cuba and the US warm up, the Caribbean’s largest island is keen to land foreign investment in order to fund development. Courtney Fingar reports on its ambitious programme to boost tourism.
Aerospace Cities of the Future 2016/17: FDI Strategy
With aerospace a crucial job-creating sector, the industry's key hubs are working closely with local governments to keep their competitive edge through top-quality education and training programmes, tax incentives and logistical excellence. Cathy Mullan reports on the cities getting it right.
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Costa Rican president welcomes Panama Canal expansion
The expansion of neighbouring Panama's canal will boost business in Costa Rica and shore up the development of the Caribbean basin as an integrated trade hub, Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solís tells Jacopo Dettoni.
Bolivia: open for business
Finance minister Luis Arce, the man behind President Evo Morales’s deep reforms of the Bolivian economy, tells Jacopo Dettoni his country remains the fastest-growing in Latin America despite weakening commodity markets and is now looking for private partners to better develop its vast natural resources.
Chile: Pushing for productivity
Chile’s finance minister Rodrigo Valdés tells Jacopo Dettoni about the reform-minded government’s efforts to strengthen the economy as weakening copper prices take a toll on the country’s mining sector.
TSCA reform bill ‘beneficial to foreign investors and manufacturers’
Reforms to the US Toxic Substances Control Act, which have passed through the Senate, will give regulatory clarity and create a stable environment for foreign investors, say proponents.
China’s energy price far exceeds the US
Cost competitiveness was the bedrock upon which China’s position as a manufacturing powerhouse was built. But as the country seeks to move up the value chain, rising costs ensure it will need to compete on quality and other factors regardless.
Escaping the tourist trap
Mayor Buddy Dyer explains how Orlando is banking on biotech and digital media to change the public’s perception of the city as primarily a theme park destination
A digital dream
Tech is big in Texas – but it could be bigger. State governor Greg Abbott talks about how he plans to help his state climb the investment rankings to rival heavy-hitters California and New York
Caribbean reaffirms its joint strategy
In the face of negative headwinds battering the region, Caribbean governments are vowing to band together to boost trade and investment flows.
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