Hear from clean experts from across the globe on how the industry will create the nearly 1 million-person workforce needed for a 100% renewable energy future. Listen here.
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This form of digital money could replace cash and transform the banking system globally within a generation. The benefits could include increased growth and reduced poverty in the emerging world – and even tastier drinks in your local coffee shop. Read more.
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This article discusses the COVID-19 impact on mobility in the European Union and the United States, with a specific focus on evolving travel restrictions and bans, as well as what the near future may have in store for mobility. Read more.
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Get Insight on the Global and Local Trends Impacting the Ease of Doing Business Around the World. Managing cross-border operations, or expanding into new jurisdictions, can pose many challenges for businesses. The new report from TMF Group brings clarity to the complexities of corporate compliance, wherever you operate. Read more
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The Combating Corporate Espionage in Florida Act, is billed as a new tool that will help prosecutors fight foreign governments and their agents who steal trade secrets. There is a concern however that the new Florida trade secrets law that aims to target China and other foreign agents looking to steal intellectual property, casts...
Our second Deep Dive in partnership with Global Miami Net is on Data Protection: What is it? How does it work? Why is it important? What are the differences between Europe and the US? What about Latin America? What are the key issues affecting transatlantic business? Featuring David Zetoony from the Greenberg Traurig law...
The annual meeting of Latin American and Caribbean banks was held on 25 and 26th May. At that occasion, European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer confirmed the European Investment Bank's commitment to continue playing an important role in fostering sustainable investment as Latin America recovers from the pandemic. Read more.
Our first Deep Dive in partnership with Global Miami Net is on Brexit 101: What is it? What’s going to happen? What will the impact be? Why is it important for the US? Will it have an impact in Florida and/or LatAm? The show features Simon Hart and Brad Ashton from RSM, a Member...
Want to find out more about solar, storage, electric vehicles and electric vehicle infrastructure and explore current and future trends across the State of Florida and the Southeast at-large? Join the Florida Solar Energy Industry Association (FLASEIA) in Orlando, FL for the Florida Solar and Storage Summit on June 3 to kick-off the 2021...
European Commission proposed a Regulation to tackle foreign subsidies causing distortions in the European Union’s internal market (the Proposal).The Commission is concerned that subsidies granted by non-EU countries may cause distortions in the internal market and undermine the level playing field within the EU, especially when they are used to finance participation in public...
For many employees, working from home has become a new normal. Something that was once an exclusive benefit offered only to the few, quickly became par for the course for the many, as a result of the Covid pandemic. Many companies will have to engage with remote or flexible working arrangements in the longer...
There is no end in sight for global supply delays stemming from trade restrictions and transportation logjams. Demand continues to rise for U.S.-manufactured goods, but raw material and component disruptions are hindering production expansion. This article discusses certain measures businesses can take to streamline the processing of shipments by U.S. Customs and Border Protection....
The stakes are high and so can be the savings with a locally sourced direct to utility solar asset. Your utility and ratepayers, community, property owners and large industrial energy users all stand to win when locally sited solar is added to your grid. Read more.
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To help companies build a business case for sustainable investment, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) developed its Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSITM) framework. HSBC sponsored partnerships between CSB and several brands in the apparel industry – including Eileen Fisher, REI and Reformation – to apply ROSI to their Environmental, Social and Governance...
The USA is a reliable and consistent economy with a long-standing history of growth. The country represents a quarter of all global economic activity, and FocusEconomics forecasts its nominal GDP to reach USD 25.3 trillion in 2024. For companies looking to invest and operate in the USA, there are number of key factors to...
What are the differences between the CCPA and the CPRA, and how do these two California privacy acts resemble the European GDPR? Is now the time to adopt a data privacy framework instead of trying to comply with state statutes like the CPRA? Listen here.
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Users can now scan videos for possible infringement prior to publishing, shifting the onus of the copyright issues onto the uploader and giving them more warning and control over potential issues with their content. Read further
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EACC Florida President Alan Sutin and Executive Director Christina Sleszynska were recently interviewed on Miami Global Net where they explained how the chamber started, its networking capabilities, the services they provide to members, how to join and how to get involved. They also used the opportunity to announce a partnership with Miami Global Net...
This is the second article in a two-part discussion covering insights gathered from operators about the kinds of monitoring and decision-support tools they are looking for in managing the long-term performance of energy storage systems. Read more.
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The post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal took effect at the end of 2020 but the new trading relationship has not proved smooth. Businesses on both sides face new customs requirements and controls that have led to border delays or even halted trade completely. Are these teething troubles - or the new normal for UK-EU trading...
Last March, the UK Government published the results of the UK Listing Review, a wide-ranging analysis of the state of the UK’s public markets carried out by Lord Hill following market consultation. The UK Listing Review proposes a broad set of ambitious recommendations designed to maintain London’s competitiveness among the world’s pre-eminent stock exchanges....
Get the answers to essential tax questions to help better manage cross-border operations with this global overview of indirect taxes – VAT, GST and Sales Tax – which are relevant to virtually every business that sells goods and services globally, including North America and EMEA. The guide also provides answers to eight essential indirect...
At its core, climate change is a real estate issue. While potential responses implicate other fields of expertise, and potential solutions or stopgaps might be found in the insurance industry, the energy sector, or even nanotechnology, climate change will have a direct impact on real estate. This paper will address some of the means by...
The European American Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce the addition of Texas to our network.
The EACC Texas Chapter was transitioned from the 41 yr. old French-American Chamber of Commerce DFW, whose Board agreed unanimously that including Europe as a whole is the Future especially when it comes to building fruitful Transatlantic Business...
The transaction announced on January 6th solidifies US control of Origis Energy, a top ranked clean energy developer with over 1 GW of operational and nearly 3 GW in contracted solar and energy storage projects. Read more.
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With 2020 so dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it would be understandable for politicians, policymakers and the private sector to be consumed by further lockdowns, vaccine roll-outs and economic recovery. But the climate emergency will not wait for a return to normality. Fortunately, climate commitments are now forthcoming from a huge range of countries...
On 19 January 2021, the 10th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (“ARC”) entered into force. Besides many other new provisions – in particular targeting big tech companies and platforms – the new ARC will also change merger control in Germany. Read more.
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A new study published by TMF Group shows that the legislative complexity associated with managing HR and payroll varies considerably between different jurisdictions and does not necessarily correlate with legislative intricacy in other areas. Find out more.
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Mandatory vaccination policies have long been common in the health care field with respect to illnesses like measles and the flu, but have not been implemented on a wide spread basis. To date, courts have generally found such policies to be permissible, provided the employer allows reasonable accommodations for medical reasons or sincerely held...
There is little published information available for the maintenance requirements of the battery energy storage systems (BESS) asset class and that industry standards are just starting to emerge.This article focuses on the information gaps that operators are dealing with as they operate and maintain battery energy storage systems (BESS) and what can be done...
Over the last two decades, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement has steadily increased regardless of the political climate or administration in power. Financial and economic crises, such as the current conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, generally increase corruption. Given the new administration and economic backdrop, we expect that the incoming Biden...
European investor appetite for Cayman Islands and Delaware fund structures has been waning for more than a decade. However, the 2013 introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD) was a game changer for the European Funds market. It imposed an EU-wide framework on hedge, private equity and real estate funds, with greater...
On January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring the wearing of masks on transportation conveyances implemented by the CDC) on February 1. The CDC order mandates wearing masks by all persons (including employees and crews) “when traveling on conveyances into and within the United States,” as well as at “transportation...
In this video, Simon Wells, Chief European Economist at HSBC, explains the Eurozone growth forecasts for this year and 2022.The expectation is that beating final-quarter GDP means reduced growth this year but more in 2022.
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On the occasion of the EU27-LAC Informal Ministerial Meeting in Berlin on 14 December, the Executive Vice-President (EVP) of the Commission and Commissioner for Trade, Mr Dombrovskis, the High Representative/Vice President (HRVP) of the Commission, Mr Borrell, and the Ministers of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, discussed a way forward for the ratification and...
Last December, Barbados deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Multilateral Convention or MLI). With 95 jurisdictions currently covered by the MLI, the ratification by Barbados now brings to 60 the number of jurisdictions which have ratified, accepted or...
Germany has offered to host a ministerial EU-LAC conference planned in Berlin in December with the aim of setting in motion a new dynamic of high-level engagement and re-energizing the EU’s relationship with Mexico and Brazil.Together the EU and LatAm represent almost one-third of the votes at the UN. The stock of EU27 foreign...
The Tennessee Valley Authority has confirmed that the new 100-megawatt solar facility in Obion County, Tennessee, will supply carbon-free energy to Google’s data centers in Clarksville, Tenn., and Hollywood, Ala. Florida-based solar developer Origis Energy is using TVA’s nationally recognized Green Invest program to develop the solar farm. Find out more.
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Coronavirus accelerated the world’s move away from cash. Now central banks are considering developing digital versions of the notes and coins in our wallets. Sweden and mainland China could well launch CBDCs – central bank digital currencies – during 2021.These are not cryptocurrencies or units used in video games but means of payment being...
Data minimization is not addressed by most privacy laws in the United States and was not mandated by the CCPA. Privacy laws in the United States that do touch upon data minimization recommend it as a best practice or as a condition for achieving a safe harbor from allegations of improper security. However, unlike...