The new fiscal measures proposed by the government are likely to distort the market mechanisms, to increase the fiscal burden, which will be reflected at the level of every taxpayer, and are completely inadequate at the end of a major rewriting of the fiscal legislation, which the members of AmCham have actively participated in with their expertise in that field, says Mrs. Anca Harasim, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania (AmCham Romania).
She told us that the authorities should ensure a stable, predictable and transparent environment for investments, and that they should adopt measures which have the potential of giving Romania a economically competitive position in the region and, "why not", in the world.
Mrs. Anca Harasim considers that Romania has to find its voice and to decide the part it is fit to play internationally: "We have a few powerful sectors in which we are competitive and which, if they get exploited to their fullest, could become engines of economic growth for Romania.
At this moment, it is important to define a concrete economic goal on a national level that would serve as an anchor and which would bring cohesion to the actions of the players in the public, private and civil society sectors. This happened prior to Romania's accession to the EU and all of us have seen what was possible in a very short period. The authorities, or the private sector, can generate a process which could even formulate a new future for Romania and for setting the economic objective on a national level which I have spoken about above, by inviting all the relevant players of society to contribute.
Once we come to an agreement on the point that we want to reach through a democratic and participative process, the implementation is simple and effective through the commitment of those who have become involved and have cont
