Competitiveness

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

Spotlight issue

1st February 2016 / Competitiveness / Trade and Investment


Arcadis: International Construction Costs Index: Competitive euro boosts investment attractiveness of Eurozone cities. Prague ranks 38th

Many European cities experience a growing attractiveness for construction and investment in the world in which to build, according to the International Construction Costs Index published today by Arcadis consultancy. The index, which analyzes the relative cost of construction across 44 major cities, finds that economic recovery and currency exchange rate fluctuations have triggered some big movements in the relative construction cost rankings... 
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1st February 2016 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs


ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP letter to EC on Posting of Workers Directive

On 29 January, representatives of the European Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC), BUSINESSEUROPE, the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized enterprises (UEAPME), and European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP) sent a letter to Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, and Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility on Posting of Workers directive...    
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29th January 2016 / Competitiveness / Tax & Finance


OECD: 31 countries sign tax co-operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country by country information

As part of continuing efforts to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs), 31 countries, including the Czech Republic, signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of Country-by-Country reports. 
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic