U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with Minority Leader Harry Reid and 44 other Democrats and Independents in the Senate, wrote to Leader Mitch McConnell urging bipartisan, legislative action to give Puerto Rico access to the appropriate financial restructuring tools.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Juan Office of Field Operations hosted Wednesday the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Symposium to familiarize the local trade community about the transition to a single window for import and export reporting.
In the two years since the government passed Laws 20 and 22, some 900 companies have gotten decrees and generated more than $1.4 million in economic activity in Puerto Rico through new operations and exports, a study revealed Tuesday by the Economic Development and Commerce Department showed.
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