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Argentina: Economic Law Agenda, 2018
Several laws pending last year will be released in the coming weeks, such as the Capital Market Law; the Labour Reform and the State Deburoctarization.
Ecuador: Debate on the Amazon Law and Repeal of the Capital Gains Law An Intense activity develops the National Assembly in order to process the law that will regulate the development of the region of the Amazon and the rule that eliminates the Law of Capital Gains.
Piñera Administration: The Complexities of the Second Mandate President Sebastian Piñera faces great challenges, which include speeding up the economy and modifying many of the reforms carried out by the outgoing government, without a majority in Congress.
Peru: Organic Law on Hydrocarbons and Civil Repair for Corruption The Peruvian Congress is debating an important reform to the Organic Law on Hydrocarbons, with which the country hopes to collect investments of over 47 billion dollars.
Brazil: Autonomy of the Central Bank and Agreement of Open Skies with the USA Due to the failure of the Pension Reform, the Brazilian government is promoting the processing of an initiative that, for the first time, grants independence to the Central Bank.
“Buy Argentine” and the Defense of Competition
Two flagship initiatives should become law in the coming weeks in the trans-Andean country: “Buy Argentine” and the new antitrust provisions.
Chile: Regionalization and Revalue of Non-Agricultural Goods Two laws on strengthening the country’s regionalization and the regulation of the election of regional governors were published in the Diario Oficial, while the Internal Revenue Service
established new values for non-agricultural real estate.
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