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During the AGM held on Wednesday May 15 the Chamber's Policy Committee presented the 2013 Investors' Agenda of Priority Points - AmCham's policy suggestions to the Netherlands' government to... Read more »

At AmCham's AGM held May 15 the Board of Directors chose Chris Zook as President to succeed Helen Mets-Morris. Chris Zook is a business writer and partner at Bain & Company, leading its... Read more »

On Friday, May 17, 2013 the new distribution center of Forever Direct EU at Business Park Borchwerf (Roosendaal) will be officially opened. From this new location, Forever Direct EU will be delivering the... Read more »

Spreekuur “Zaken doen in de VS” Bedrijven die hun eerste of verdere stappen op de VS markt willen zetten, kunnen zich binnenkort in Nederland laten informeren over eventuele juridische valkuilen... Read more »

The Netherlands knows two standard packages of uniform health care insurance for all its citizens: the Health Insurance Act (Zvw) for curative care and the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ) for long-... Read more »

Benjamin Zander, the world-famous orchestral conductor, trainer and speaker on leadership and ‘the art of possibility’ is coming to the Netherlands for a national concert tour to five cities. He... Read more »

The annual Netherland-America Foundation Gala Awards Dinner is the premier Dutch-American event in the Washington DC area, celebrating Dutch-American heritage and friendship. By conferring awards named after... Read more »

The OECD average tax wedge for a one earner couple with two children was 26.1% of the total labour cost in 2012. This figure was 9.5 percentage points lower than the one observed for the... Read more »

The tax wedge between total labor costs to the employer and the corresponding net take-home pay for the average single workers without children in OECD countries varied between Belgium (56%) and Chile (7%)... Read more »

AmCham Members are cordially invited to a seminar organized by VNO-NCW Metropool Amsterdam in collaboration with amsterdam inbusiness: 'The right (inter)national staff'. INVITATION: The... Read more »

The United States and the European Union have launched negotiations towards a comprehensive economic agreement to open transatlantic markets. What will this mean for jobs, growth and innovation? How... Read more »

The contracting economy in the Netherlands in 2013 largely will be the result of lagging domestic consumption levels. The fragile growth projected for 2014 almost entirely will be due to the recovering world... Read more »

Structural reforms offer governments a powerful tool to boost economic growth, create jobs and bring about a strong and balanced economic recovery, according to the OECD’s latest Going for Growth report... Read more »

On Thursday 21 March, the Netherlands Atlantic Association organizes a public event with Dan Hamilton of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He will talk about... Read more »

Despite the rise of other powers, the US and Europe remain the fulcrum of the world economy; each other's most important and profitable market and source of onshored jobs. This is the foremost conclusion of a... Read more »