Sentences with phrase «allows foreign companies»

«It would likely use NAFTA, since Chapter 11 of the agreement allows foreign companies to file compensation claims in countries where they have investments and believe a government action is unfair and discriminatory,» the CBC explained.
Rather, the company is selling a crash course on Canada's International Mobility Program, which allows foreign companies to set up offices and transfer talent to Canada.
The Chinese government has said that it will remove the strict ownership caps on EVs by the end of the year, allowing foreign companies to wholly own businesses in China.
Specifically, the review will take into account whether waivers in free - trade agreements are leading to unfair trade by allowing foreign companies to undercut American companies in the global government procurement market.
One of the requirements set forth by the Indian government before allowing foreign companies to start selling groceries to consumers is that they must provide produce and processed foods that are locally sourced — a challenge that Amazon is more than ready to embrace.
The Romanian Parliament, also dominated by USL, is currently debating the modification of the 2003 Mining Law and considering amendments which would facilitate important erosion of citizens» rights, particularly by allowing foreign companies to expropriate the lands and houses of Romanian citizens on behalf of the Romanian government.
Now corporations are pushing for the TTIP to give more «protections» to oil and gas companies, which — based on the NAFTA precedent — would allow foreign companies to circumvent government and court decisions over energy policies, and sue taxpayers over policies that companies deem inconvenient.

Not exact matches

Tech companies say they need the visas to get scarce talent, while labor advocates contend that it allows companies to hire cheaper foreign workers instead of Americans.
Ottawa recently began allowing foreign takeovers of telecom companies that have a 10 per cent or less share of the market.
The H - 1B program, which allows US companies to bring in foreign workers in specialized fields like math, science and engineering, has long been a magnet for controversy.
In Act I, foreign companies would be allowed to create or purchase telecommunications companies with a market share of 10 % or less.
When Canada first launched the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in 1973, it was designed to allow companies to hire skilled professionals, like engineers, from outside the country when their expertise couldn't be found in the domestic market.
The Harper government is in effect asking Bell, Telus and Rogers (which owns Canadian Business) to play with one arm strapped behind their back, while allowing Verizon (and other foreign companies) to pick and choose their targets, entry point and timing.
FWD.us also fired back against proposals to limit programs like the H - 1B visa that allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers, calling any plan to «radically restrict pathways» for skilled immigrants to come to the U.S. «just wrong.»
Because his company had been operating for more than a year in Israel and doing business in the U.S., Pinhas was able to come here in 2013 on a nonimmigrant L - 1 visa, which allows executives of established foreign companies to set up or work for a U.S. office.
PBOC Governor Yi Gang said that China will allow foreign firms to compete on an equal footing with domestic companies in the sector.
But he did expand and extend a program that allows foreign graduates with scientific and technical degrees from American universities to work in on - the - job training programs at U.S. companies.
People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang said that China will allow foreign firms to compete on an equal footing with domestic companies in the sector.
H - 1B visas were established to allow companies to hire foreign workers to fill jobs where domestic candidates were found to be insufficient.
Venture capitalists are ramping up their fight against President Donald Trump over a decision to delay an immigration program that would have allowed experienced foreign - born entrepreneurs to stay in the U.S. to build new companies.
[Microsoft] and other software or Internet security companies have been aware that this type of early alert allowed the U.S. to exploit vulnerabilities in software sold to foreign governments, according to two U.S. officials.»
They include allowing foreign firms to invest in trust companies, financial leasing, auto finance and consumer finance, plans that were announced last year.
The agreement comes after recent changes by Industry Canada allowing telecom companies with less than 10 per cent of the market to have no restrictions on foreign investment.
Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.
H - 1B visas allow companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialized occupations, which was a practice that was of particular use to tech companies as the digital boom began to take off.
A 2008 report prepared by a panel chaired by former Bell Canada executive Lynton (Red) Wilson recommended allowing foreign firms to establish or buy Canadian telecom companies with less than a 10 % market share.
The financial sector changes were later confirmed by Yi Gang, the newly appointed head of China's central bank, who said foreign investors would be allowed to hold up to a 51 per cent equity stake in brokerage firms, futures companies and fund management firms.
In addition to paying a lower corporate tax rate in Hong Kong or Singapore, companies are allowed to deduct a 10 percent return on their foreign investment in factories before a new minimum tax is applied.
Another provision that he singled out allows foreign megabanks, such as Deutsche Bank and HSBC, to put their American assets into a separate holding company to avoid US regulatory scrutiny.
In particular, it wants to target China's exceptionally cumbersome requirements for foreign companies to enter the Chinese market that effectively allow it to seize industry secrets.
China will allow foreign firms to own majority stakes in banks, fund managers and insurance companies in major reform push under President Xi Jinping.
It would allow any company in America to replace any worker with cheaper foreign labor.
Ripple's xRapid is a foreign exchange investment vehicle that allows companies to take their U.S. dollars, convert them to XRP and, within seconds, convert them to another fiat currency.
The story aired in April of 2013 and revealed that the RBC was using an Indian company called iGATE Corp. that was bringing in foreign workers under the program, but then allowed the workers to stay in Canada for years, with the intention of using them to replace Canadian workers.
There are measures that are no - brainers: why are foreign companies spared sales tax on advertising and subscription sales that Canadian competitors pay; and why are 19th - century charity laws allowed to hinder philanthropic foundations from supporting journalism?
I'm not sure there was even one foreign company allowing U.S. investors to buy initial shares in 1992.
Also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol or Ripple protocol.The company also offers FX Market Making, a solution enabling enterprises to gain access to cross-currency liquidity through a distributed network that allows foreign exchange to be externally sourced from a competitive FX marketplace or an internal FX trading desk.
The NSA has worked with American and foreign tech companies to introduce weaknesses into commercial encryption products, allowing backdoor access to data that users believe is secure.
Based on the above, UKTI commissioned the ECR program in combination with the PIB service to, among other things, allow companies to employ foreign - language - speaking students at U.K. universities and other British institutions of higher learning to address issues related to language and cultural barriers that companies may face in entering particular foreign markets.
It has also lobbied for the United States to ease tax rates on foreign profits brought back to the country, saying that such changes would allow the company to invest more freely in the U.S. economy.
«We recommend that foreign companies don't allow themselves to be an instrument of issues that surpass their limits and strength, by trusting the Greek Cypriot side,» Erdogan said.
100 % foreign ownership allowed Cold storage Sports centers Film processing labs Rubber and sugar industry) when engaging in partnerships with local farmers and use 30 % domestically produced raw material) Warehousing Tourism, E-commerce (with a marketplace value above 10 billion rupiahs and when working with local warehousing companies) Toll road operators Telecom device certification Non-hazardous waste management Raw medicine materials Pharmaceutical ventures Restaurants, bars, cafés Film making Film distribution Cinemas (required to show Indonesian films at least 60 per cent of their screen time) Direct selling Futures trading
CEO Tim Cook, has been a vocal advocate for streamlining the tax system and allowing companies (including his own) to return billions of dollars in foreign earnings without incurring a major U.S. penalty — and Cook has taken that message personally to Congress and the White House in recent months.
In a related development, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued new rules on Wednesday relaxing restrictions on multinational companies» management of their foreign currency - denominated debt in China, allowing them to pool debt from all their subsidiaries for central manaForeign Exchange (SAFE) issued new rules on Wednesday relaxing restrictions on multinational companies» management of their foreign currency - denominated debt in China, allowing them to pool debt from all their subsidiaries for central manaforeign currency - denominated debt in China, allowing them to pool debt from all their subsidiaries for central management.
Myth: The agreement includes a «Trojan horse» loophole that would allow Chinese companies already in Canada to buy any asset they wish without foreign investment review.
The change is one of many in the North American energy landscape affecting Pemex, which also faces competition in exploration and production as Mexico prepares to allow foreign oil companies back into the country for the first time in 75 years.
So - called inversions allow corporations to avoid paying U.S. taxes simply by merging with smaller foreign companies.
The Shanghai composite and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both rose almost three percent, following the announcement by Chinese leaders of massive social and economic reforms, including opening up its markets to more investors, encouraging competition among private companies and allowing more foreign investment into the country.
That's because mastering foreign technology could allow Chinese companies to make goods more cheaply, pushing down prices for American consumers (and everywhere else, for that matter).
To allow smaller foreign retailers to enter the China market, Tmall.com has launched a new export model called Tmall Global, said John Spelich, vice president of international e-commerce business development for Alibaba Group, Tmall.com's parent company.
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