Ireland & Uruguay Working Together – Creating Opportunity Jim Krzywicki
Background Ireland & Uruguay Why Ireland? Agenda
Learn from Each other Trade with Each other Collectively Promote our Value Our Advantage
The Time is Right For Small Countries to be Big Players Free Trade Agreements are Helping Realities of Business as usual Growing Middle Class in LATAM Technology Tools
Background
Three World Trade Centers Boston, Washington and Dublin.
Background Offer Trade Services to help members Export/Import Find a way to support Global Trade Services Members want to trade in a broader Context
…Trusted Partners & Verified Members Companies, Resources & Expertise - online …Tuned for Global Trade The Networked Global Community over 100 participating partners
Latin America Headquarters WebPort Global Montevideo, Uruguay WTC
Achieve Business Success through Global Trade Three very Important Markets 738 million people in Euro Zone 598 million people in LATAM 532 million people in N.A.
Ireland & Uruguay
Ireland & Uruguay
Ireland & Uruguay
Ireland & Uruguay
km² 3.4 million people km² 4.6 million people Ireland & Uruguay
Less than 5 million People Almost 2 million live & work near the Capitol Educated Population High Quality of Life Favorable Business Tax Structure Stable Politics Advanced Digital Infrastructure Small enough to be Neutral Gateway Advantage
Ireland’s Advantage
Position itself as Gateway to Europe Recruit Firms to set-up Euro Headquarters Government Incentives and Support Trained and Educated workforce Tax favorable Target Industries – Financial Services – Pharma, BioMed – Clean Tech – Euro Headquarters Ireland’s Advantage
Industry Clusters in Ireland
What does this mean for Uruguay?
Position itself as Gateway to Europe Recruit Firms to set-up Euro Headquarters Government Incentives and Support Trained and Educated workforce Tax favorable Target Industries – Financial Services – Pharma, BioMed – Clean Tech – Euro Headquarters Uruguay’s Advantage
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