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The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ will be great for lawyers

Over the next twenty years, the global economy will go through what the World Economic Forum calls the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
The WEF argues that the fourth industrial revolution is more or less an extension of the third revolution, or the digital revolution.

It’s “characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres,” and by the growth of robotics, artificial intelligence, and the virtual economy.

Intellectual Property Theft

Intellectual Property (IP) protection is among a handful of issues that will determine America’s competitiveness in the 21st century. Your ability to create, innovate, and generate the best artistic, technological, and knowledge-based IP is essential to global economic growth and to your competitiveness as a manufacturer. And it’s under attack. Criminal networks are exploiting weaknesses in supply chains and lining their pockets by producing dangerous and defective products at your expense.

Central America will create a regional law of free competition

To take advantage of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union, the Central American countries have compromised themselves in creating a harmonized Free Competition regional  law by 2020. The agreement with the European Union poses an important opportunity to increase business exchange between the two regions; but it also demands the fulfillment

How much do illicit cigarettes steal to the region?

In 2014 Central America stopped perceiving more than US $ 113 million for tax evasion as a result from illicit cigarette trade. According to the study “Ant smuggling an elephant on the market”, developed by the consulting firm CID Gallup to the American Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica (AmCham) , smuggling has become one

Investment is sought among a US Council of 200 companies

During the presidential visit to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, a Honduran delegation will have meetings with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU). This international organization promotes trade between business leaders and governments around the world. The BCIU registers 200 member companies, among which Apple, American Airlines, Coca Cola,

NIKE will install a logistic center in Honduras

After a Honduran delegation trip through Denmark last May, NIKE has decided to install its logistic center in San Pedro Sula, specifically in Calpules, where it already bought the land. “We are very happy, because it is the beginning of a very important investment. It is about a logistic center that will concentrate all the

An unrepeatable advantage for the economic development

Latin American is currently going through different stages of demographic transition, which for some countries this represents an opportunity to achieve economic growth and sustainable human development. According to Paraguayan consultant Robert Cano, by the year of 2045 seven of every ten Hondurans will be potentially productive. “The key to take advantage of this moment

Promotion of generation of solar energy in Latin America

With the purpose of encouraging the development and awareness of solar energy in the Latin American countries, the seminar “America of the Sun Program” was conducted, with the presence of the energy specialist Jacobo Toledo, from the General Directorate of Energy (DGE), and the regional sub coordinator for Central America of the Latin American Energy

Promotion of generation of solar energy in Latin America

With the purpose of encouraging the development and awareness of solar energy in the Latin American countries, the seminar “America of the Sun Program” was conducted, with the presence of the energy specialist Jacobo Toledo, from the General Directorate of Energy (DGE), and the regional sub coordinator for Central America of the Latin American Energy