In its most recent report on the impact of free trade zones across the U.S., the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones has classified Puerto Rico’s three facilities among the top 15 in the nation.
More than 1,000 delegates from the tourism sector — including executives from the 14 Caribbean cruise lines, travel agents, tour operators and suppliers industry — are currently in Puerto Rico to attend the 18th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Convention and Tradeshow, being held at the Convention Center in Miramar.
In what may constitute as one of the most significant unions between the public and private sector in recent years, dozens of private sector and government officials gathered Tuesday to sign a memorandum of understanding to support the Luis Fortuño administration’s efforts to push the Puerto Rico Investment Promotion Act in Washington.