Compartimos la presentación que usó Rebecca Moudry durante el webinar Aprovechando el TLC: Como invertir y abrir un negocio en los EEUU. Para ver el webinar vaya al siguiente enlace: http://youtu.be/wP1WcQKBdfk
Select USA - Facilitando su éxito en los negocios en los EEUU
1. Facilitando Su Éxito en los Estados Unidos
Rebecca Moudry
Gerente de Inversiones Extranjeras, SelectUSA
Webinar SelectUSA - Peru
16 de Julio, 2014
SelectUSA.gov
4. La IED de Perú en los EE.UU.
El valor total de la inversión de Peru a los EEUU en 2012. Un
aumento de 71% desde 2008
Fuente: Departamento de Comercio, Oficina de Análisis Económico
$233
millones
The United States reaffirms our open investment policy, a commitment to treat all investors in a fair and equitable manner under the law
EE.UU. recibe la mayor cantidad de Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) en el mundo.
En el 2011, los afiliados de empresas extranjeras en los EE.UU. contribuyeron (produjeron?) más del 20% de las exportaciones totales del país.
Empleo generado por afiliados de empresas extranjeras en los EE.UU. en el 2011
En el 2011, afiliados de empresas extranjeras contribuyeron $437.8 billones en sueldos a empleados en los EE.UU.
BCP – Banco de Credito del Peru, tiene sucursales en Miami, FL
Southern Copper Corp – Largest producer of copper in Peru and Mexico. Based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Luhho – South American publisher in the luxury market. Launched a luxury magazine for an upscale Hispanic readership. Opened an office in Miami with editorial, public relations, marketing and advertising sales operations in 2012. NOT CONFIRMED BY UNIWORLD
The United States consistently ranks among the top for having a fair, balanced and competitive business climate, achieved through continuous investments in its infrastructure, legal system, education and workforce training and business friendly policies.
Background and Talking Points:
Recent (BCG) survey shows firms 5X more likely to onshore to access talented workforce
--Make it in America (from doc.gov)
-The Make it in America Challenge will provide $40 million in competitive grant funding through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), and the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
-Competitive applicants will propose projects that accelerate job creation by encouraging insourcing of productive activity by U.S. firms, fostering increased foreign direct investment, incentivizing U.S. companies to keep or expand their businesses—and jobs—here at home, and training local workers to meet the needs of those businesses.
--NIST –MEP program (from doc.gov)
-The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) works with small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers to help them create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money.
-MEP field staff has over 1,400 technical experts – located in every state – serving as trusted business advisors, focused on solving manufacturers’ challenges and identifying opportunities for growth.
-As a public/private partnership, MEP delivers a high return on investment to taxpayers. For every one dollar of federal investment, the MEP generates nearly $20 in new sales growth and $20 in new client investment. This translates into $2.5 billion in new sales annually. For every $2,100 of federal investment, MEP creates or retains one manufacturing job.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States: Ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one foreign person, or entity, of 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an incorporated U.S. business enterprise or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated U.S. business enterprise.
Jyoti Industries, and Indian electrical equipment and pylon manufacturer, completed construction of a new facility in Conroe Texas. The $34 million investment will create as many as 157 jobs.
Jyoti approached SelectUSA during an American Chamber-sponsored event in Mumbai, India. The company had experienced difficulties obtaining visas for its employees who were expected to visit the United States to train its U.S. company technicians.
Over the course of several months, SelectUSA led an interagency effort that resulted in Jyoti successfully obtaining the required visas.
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and Regional Centers: The EB-5 visa provides a way for foreign nationals who invest in the U.S to obtain a green card. It is available to immigrants seeking to enter the United States in order to invest in a commercial enterprise that will benefit the US economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs. Eligible candidates invest or are in the process of investing at least $1,000,000. If the investment is in a designated targeted employment area (TEA), then the minimum investment requirement is $500,000. A TEA is a rural area or an area that has experienced high unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average.
The regional center pilot program was created to define an economic unit, public or private, which is involved in the promotion of economic growth, improved regional productivity, job creation and increased domestic capital investment. A regional center approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can market its economic development initiative to attract investment from eligible candidates for the EB-5 immigrant visa investor program.
For complete eligibility guidelines about the EB-5 investor visa program, visit http://www.uscis.gov/. For more information about the Regional Center program and a list of approved Regional Centers across the US, visit http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d765ee0f4c014210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD
Providing Information about the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS):
CFIUS reviews follow a strict timeline consisting of three stages, that will not exceed three months as outlined by statute.
CFIUS is an inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person (“covered transactions”), in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. It is the policy of the United States to support unequivocally investment, consistent with the protection of the national security. CFIUS review focuses solely on genuine national security concerns and is based on a voluntary system of notification. Historically, fewer than 10 percent of all foreign acquisitions of U.S. businesses are notified to CFIUS.
The Department of the Treasury is the chair of CFIUS and is responsible for advising foreign investors on the process and on how to file. USFCS staff should make potential investors aware of the CFIUS process; however, they should avoid counseling positional investors on the CFIUS process or on the advisability of filing with regard to a particular investment; rather, they should encourage potential investors to contact the Department of the Treasury directly if the potential investors believe that their investment may present national security concerns.
CFIUS operates pursuant to section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA) (section 721) and as implemented by Executive Order 11858, as amended, and regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 800.
The CFIUS process has been the subject of significant reforms over the past several years. These include numerous improvements in internal CFIUS procedures, enactment of FINSA in July 2007, amendment of Executive Order 11858 in January 2008, revision of the CFIUS regulations in November 2008, and publication of guidance on CFIUS’s national security considerations in December 2008. Some additional relevant information from the CFIUS guidance 73 FR 74569 is:
In making their decision about whether to submit a voluntary notice of a transaction to CFIUS, parties to a transaction may wish to consider whether their transaction could present national security considerations, since CFIUS focuses solely on national security. A covered transaction that has been notified to CFIUS, and on which CFIUS has concluded action under section 721 after determining that there were no unresolved national security concerns, qualifies for a ‘‘safe harbor.’’
Subject to the terms of the safe harbor and any mitigation agreement or conditions imposed by CFIUS, the transaction can proceed without the possibility of subsequent suspension or prohibition under section 721.
A covered transaction that CFIUS has not reviewed and cleared without objection does not qualify for the safe harbor, and CFIUS has the authority to initiate review of the transaction on its own, even after the transaction has been concluded, which CFIUS may choose to do if it believes the transaction presents national security considerations