China has launched or announced a significant number of regulatory initiatives in the automotive sector over the first months of 2016. I have selected a number of regulatory initiatives representing such trends, below, from my…
The value of U.S.-Canada freight totaled $45.0 billion in December 2015, which was down 15.2 percent annually as all modes of transportation carried a lower value of U.S.-Canada freight annually. The Department of Transportation’s Bureau…
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was…
In this GMS Flash Alert we discuss recent changes from the Thai immigration authorities dealing with relaxed work permit rules for workers from ASEAN member countries and ban periods for foreigners who have over-stayed in…
Hong Kong proposes to amend the Employment Ordinance by removing the pre-requisite requirement for an employer to agree to an order reinstating or re-engaging an employee who has been dismissed without any valid reason in…
Commenting on the new proposals to tackle corporate tax avoidance announced by the European Commission yesterday, Robin Walduck, Tax Partner at KPMG in the UK said: “The EU’s Anti-Tax Avoidance Package provides a considerable amount…
Mexico’s Miscellaneous Tax Rules for 2016, which were published in the official gazette on 23 December 2015 and apply as from 1 January 2016, include changes to the rules governing nonresidents that carry out operations…
In the most recent data, manufacturers contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy. This figure has risen since the second quarter of 2009, when manufacturers contributed $1.70 trillion. Over that same time frame, value-added output…
British automotive firms have spoken out about why remaining in Europe matters to their businesses in a series of case studies published by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today. Voices on Europe…
Several recent reports have noted the difference between Brazil and Mexico in the automotive manufacturing sector. A recent editorial from IHS SupplierBusiness gave a good snapshot of the dichotomy between these two countries and its…