Economic policy
This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.
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AmCham Big Bets: We must concentrate our resources on developing assets that have greater capacity to expand than others
Last Thursday, AmCham Czechia, along with Brno University of Technology and CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, debated with Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization and Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš how we can use this country's growing scientific and technological capability to address the single largest threat to our economies - climate change - and transform the economy at the same time.
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AmCham and US Embassy Meeting on Joint Priorities and Business Outlook
The AmCham Board discussed 2024 priorities with US Ambassador Bijan Sabet and his political, economic and commercial team on January 22nd. Both sides agreed to address climate change and digitization, particularly cybersecurity, in the coming year.
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AmCham Big Bet presentations in Brno
“Brno has all the ingredients an economy needs to be innovative.” AmCham Vice-President Ondřej Krajíček of Y Soft posited to sum up our recent discussion with the author of The Country for the Future vision, Karel Havlíček, Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic. “What we need now is the confidence to bet on our abilities and a higher commitment to cooperate with each other to achieve our goals.”
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Labor Code Working Group discussed impacts of the most recent amendment
AmCham CZ Labor Code Working Group met last week to dive into the impacts of the most recent amendment on businesses, their operations, and competitiveness.
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