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SUMMARY:Global Business Series: Macedonia Trade Briefing
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin’s International Trade Center is pleased to offer the Global Business Series: Trade Briefing on Macedonia featuring Ms. Zorica Ilin\, Head of Texas Foreign Office of the Agency for Foreign Investment and Export Promotion of the Republic of Macedonia. \nSince its independence in 1991\, Macedonia has made progress in liberalizing its economy and improving its business environment.  Macedonia’s economy is closely linked to Europe as a customer for exports and source of investment.  The Republic has maintained macroeconomic stability throughout the global financial crisis.   Current monetary policy has kept the domestic currency pegged to the euro. \nA dozen reasons to invest in Macedonia: \nFREE MARKET ACCESS \nDuty-free access to a market of over 650 million customers through three multilateral (SAA\, EFTA and CEFTA) and two bilateral (Turkey and Ukraine) Free Trade Agreements \nLOW TAXES \nFlat corporate and personal income tax rates at 10%; 0% tax on retained earnings \nLOW OPERATIONAL COSTS \nOne of the most cost-competitive locations in Europe \nEXCELLENT GEO-STRATEGIC POSITION \nGoods delivered within a day to Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey\, and maximum two days to Western Europe \nFAST COMPANY REGISTRATION \nOne-stop-shop system for company registration within 4 hours \nEXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE \nWireless national backbone infrastructure\, digital telecommunications system\, extensive highway network\, two \ninternational airports with regular connections to main European transportation centers \nRESPONSIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM \nUniversities willing to collaborate with incoming investors in meeting the required skills \nEXCELLENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS \nEnglish widely spoken\, French and German embedded in the education system\, regional languages in wide use \nAVAILABLE SKILLED WORKFORCE \nA young (42% under the age of 30) and educated workforce with a strong work ethic and excellent industrial relations record \nHIGH QUALITY OF LIFE \nHighly attractive living and working conditions \nPOLITICAL\, MONETARY AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY \nEU AND NATO CANDIDATE COUNTRY \n  \nProgram partners include: \n  \n                              \n \n             
URL:https://wacaustin.org/event/global-business-series-trade-briefing-2/
CATEGORIES:Business,Europe,Global Business Series,Global Trade,International Trade Center
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