Arizona Governor’s Israel visit focuses on desert tech
Doug Ducey’s visit centered on desert agriculture, drinking water desalination, productive use of irrigation and photo voltaic electricity as very well as border protection.


Last week Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visited Israel. He is a person of Israel’s major buddies and heads a point out with the third premier trade with Israel following California and New York. Mixed trade among Israel and Arizona in 2021 amounted to $680 million, 1.3% of all Israel’s trade.

Ducey explained to “Globes” that the purpose of his stop by to Israel was to appeal to extra Israel tech firms, entrepreneurs, startups and investors to Arizona. Ducey claimed, “We have the situations for Israeli corporations and startups to grow.”

Profits tax for corporations in Arizona is 4.9% in contrast with 7.25% in New York and 8.84% in California. At the very same time non-federal income tax in Arizona for citizens is just 2.5% when compared with 10.9% in California and 13.3% in New York.

With high tax fees in California and New York, Arizona gives an alternate for tech providers trying to get a practical spot for workplaces in the US. Ducey pressured that Arizona is the only US state operating a trade relations office environment in Israel. The Republican Governor extra that his go to to Israel concentrated on companies engaged in desert agriculture, h2o desalination, successful use of irrigation and photo voltaic vitality. Yet another place that Ducey looked at even though in Israel was border safety. Like all US states bordering on Mexico, Arizona suffers from infiltration by unlawful immigrants from Latin The united states.

While in Israel, Ducey met with President Isaac Herzog, Primary Minister Naftali Bennett, Chief of the Opposition Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and a array of know-how firms.

Published by Globes, Israel business enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on June 6, 2022.

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Isaac Herzog and David Ducey centre Credit rating: President’s Residence
