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What are the predictions for the amount of economic growth in the manufacturing ...

What are the predictions for the amount of economic growth in the manufacturing ...

From 2006 to 2011, India's manufacturing sector has sustained a compound annual growth rate of 17.1% . At this rate, predictions are that by 2025, it could reach up to a value of US$ 1 trillion and account for 25-30% of India's overall GDP. It could ...

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Using Vietnam's Free Trade & Double Tax Agreements

Using Vietnam's Free Trade & Double Tax Agreements

In this issue of Vietnam Briefing we explore how Vietnam’s Free Trade Agreements - and especially those via its membership in ASEAN - will affect foreign investment into Vietnam. We then examine the specific, bilateral Double Tax Agreements that...

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Using India's Free Trade & Double Tax Agreements

Using India's Free Trade & Double Tax Agreements

In this issue of India Briefing magazine, we take a look at the bilateral and multilateral trade agreements that India currently has in place and highlight the deals that are still in negotiation. We analyze the country’s double tax agreements, ...

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What is an Early Harvest Scheme (EHS), and what role have they played in India?s...

What is an Early Harvest Scheme (EHS), and what role have they played in India?s...

An Early Harvest Scheme (EHS) is an agreement between two states (or regional trading blocs) which liberalizes tariffs on certain goods preceding the conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). India is particularly fond of such EHS arrangements, and...

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Which regional economic blocs does India hold Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with,...

Which regional economic blocs does India hold Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with,...

India has concluded Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the 10 member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), an 8 member regional bloc with which India helped nego...

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Interne Prüfung und Kontrolle

Interne Prüfung und Kontrolle

Diese Ausgabe des Asia Briefing Magazins behandelt die interne Prüfung und Kontrolle. Sie wird in den asiatischen Ländern immer wichtiger. Nicht nur, um einen Überblick über die Performance des eigenen Unternehmens zu bekommen, sondern au...

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What implications can India?s current and future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) ha...

What implications can India?s current and future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) ha...

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are complex arrangements for any country, and India’s tangled bureaucracy only increases its FTAs’ complexity. Whether an FTA impacts an investor depends on factors such as whether, and to what extent a given ...

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What are Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) and how might foreign investors in India b...

What are Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) and how might foreign investors in India b...

Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) are bilateral agreements under which two states formalize tax rates (for taxes ranging from corporate to withholding tax) for individuals and corporate entities. India has over 90 such arrangements with other countries. F...

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Why is Singapore such an important source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) int...

Why is Singapore such an important source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) int...

Singapore accounted for almost 25% of India’s total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2013-14. This large share is explained by a provision of Singapore Double Tax Agreement (DTA) with India – the Limitation of Benefit (LoB). The LoB pro...

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Green Urban Planning

Green Urban Planning

New migration waves towards the big industrial hubs, lack of space on the coastal areas, huge pollution rates… “The coming years will be very critical”, American researcher James Canton predicted in 2010. “China will need to meet ...

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What requirements must be met to obtain a Production License in China?

What requirements must be met to obtain a Production License in China?

To obtain a Production License, an enterprise must: • Possess a business license, as well as technical personnel and production conditions suited to the product in question; • Have in place an effective system of inspection, qualit...

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What does China Energy Label (CEL) entail?

What does China Energy Label (CEL) entail?

In recent years, energy efficiency has become a greater focus of Chinese product regulations. The CEL is a system of compulsory certification for specified electronic devides, and is equivalent to the EU Energy Label. Introduced in 2005, CEL places p...

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