Government Relations & Economic Development

The HTS team enjoys a unique relationship with Government representatives and entities throughout Latin America & the Caribbean and has extensive experience furthering our clients' interests in the formulation of government relations and economic development strategies.

Among the many services we provide in the area of government relations & economic development some include:

• Effective approach to initiate, influence, and conclude trade agreement negotiations;
• Formation of strong relationships between clients and strategic negotiating partners for trade agreements;
• Capacity-building, regulatory overhaul and trade promotion to promote the business interests of our clients;
• Understanding and navigation of regulatory environments and help to remove any barriers to market access/growth/efficiency for clients;
• Business advice, political and economic risk analysis, and cultural knowledge for clients interacting with government entities.
• Development of attractive incentive packages through work with state and local governments;
• Collaboration with economic development groups (public and private) on site selection for clients’ targeted needs
• Establishment of relationships with the secondary education community to create business related research and development activities; also work with higher education institutions to develop employee training programs.