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Estimation of New Tariffs Applied by the United States

22 Jul 2025 | Briefing note

ECLAC estimated the new U.S. tariff levels by calculating effective tariffs based on detailed customs data from January–February 2025 and simulating five distinct tariff sets reflecting policy changes through mid-July 2025. These scenarios incorporate general surcharges, sector-specific increases, and partner-specific measures, particularly targeting China, Canada, and Mexico. The data is aggregated to align with GTAP sector classifications, enabling socioeconomic impact modeling through a computable general equilibrium framework.…

ECLAC Trained Provincial Officials from Argentina in Investment and Export Promotion in a Program Organized by CFI

19 Jun 2025 | Briefing note

As part of its cooperation with the Federal Investment Council (CFI), ECLAC delivered three modules in the Provincial Investment and Export Promotion Program, a course aimed at more than 80 officials from Argentine provinces. This initiative is part of the activities the United Nations regional commission is promoting to strengthen the institutional capacities of countries and their territories in matters of productive development and economic governance.…

United States Trade Developments 2024 Briefing Notes

3 Jan 2025 | Briefing note

United States Trade Developments 2024 provides an overview of selected developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. Following the global focus on the climate crisis and the specific emphasis on President Biden’s trade policy on advancing a sustainable environment and climate path, the report includes a section on trade in circular economy goods.…

Explore International Trade with MAGIC, ECLAC’s Tool for Analyzing Competitiveness

28 Aug 2024 | Briefing note

(August 28, 2024) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) updated and added data to the Module for the Analysis of Growth in International Commerce (MAGIC). This interactive web program is designed to offer a detailed analysis of the ex post competitiveness of exports, providing users from diverse sectors with a comprehensive view of international trade. What is MAGIC? MAGIC is an advanced platform designed by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico that allows for analyzing the competitiveness of the exports of a trading partner or partners in a determined marke…

XIII REDLAS Conference: Call for Papers 2024 - Intellectual property in the service sector

6 Jun 2024 | Briefing note

Background Services represent approximately two-thirds of GDP and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) but only 13.7% of the region's exports in 2023. In particular, digitally enabled services (SED) barely reached 4.6% of LAC exports in 2023, showing great growth opportunities for the region. Most of these services are knowledge-intensive, such as telecommunications, computing, software, financial, business, and creative services (literature and art, among others). Boosting service activities and exports, especially SSD, will increase growth, productivity and quality jobs throug…

Lights and Shadows of the War in Ukraine: Economic and Social Effects on Latin America and the Caribbean

24 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "The Global Impacts of The War in Ukraine" (2023) The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions. This year’s spotlight on the global impacts of the war in Ukraine explores questions that range from refugee experiences, regional impacts in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and implications of the war from areas such as global food security to its effects upon families. José Durán, Chief of International trade and Regional Integration Unit of ECLAC, presents "Lights and Shadows of the Wa…

United States – Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2022

11 Jan 2023 | Briefing note

In the United States, total trade in goods and services rebounded in 2021 to its pre-pandemic levels. In 2022, trade in goods sustained the recovery that started in 2021, but the trade in services has not fully recovered as significant services industries such as travel, and transport are still facing the lingering effects of the pandemic.…

The Latin America and the Caribbean Marketplace Explorer (LACME)

6 Dec 2022 | Briefing note

ECLAC and ITC’s online tool provides a region-wide analysis of almost 3,000 websites representing about 900 goods-oriented marketplaces across 33 countries. LACME is the first dashboard that monitors retail e-commerce marketplaces in the region. This free tool shows the user dynamics of goods-oriented marketplaces across 33 countries from 2019 to 2022 and a country-by-country benchmarking. The tool tracks visitor traffic and shows key features of almost 900 marketplaces and 2,900 marketplace websites, together with data on the e-commerce ecosystem in the countries. During the last two years, t…

Modern services as a driver of regional trade

22 Nov 2022 | Briefing note

Modern services —digitally delivered services such as computer, financial and business services— have been the most dynamic category of international trade in the past decade. However, Latin America and the Caribbean is still a marginal player in global trade in modern services.…

Call for papers - XI REDLAS Conference: "Creative and modern services for trade and sustainable development"

27 Jul 2022 | Briefing note

Organized by: ECLAC, KAS, REDLAS, PromPerú and the University of Lima Key dates: September 10: deadline to send abstracts to redlas@cepal.org September 17: notification to authors of accepted papers November 4: deadline sent works to the same email Conference: November 14 and 15, 2022 On November 14 and 15, 2022, the XI REDLAS Conference will be held in Lima, in association with KAS, ECLAC, PromPerú and the University of Lima (ULIMA). PromPerú is one of the trade promotion organizations with the longest track record in promoting service exports in the region. In this …

Latin American and the Caribbean shipping industry in the international context

23 May 2022 | Briefing note

According to data disposed on UNCTADSTAT (2022), considering the total merchant fleet by flag of registration, represented by thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT), Panama occupies the first place of the list, representing in 2021 the 16.1% of the merchant fleet. Followed by Liberia, Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malta, China, Bahamas, Greece, and Japan. The Bahamas, a Caribbean island, occupying the 8th place of the rank, with 3.5% of the world´s dead-weight tonnage. In Latin America and the Caribbean, it represented in 2021, 21.5% of the world fleet by flag. Flag by registrati…

ECLAC contributes to the debate on the measurement and analysis of international trade from a gender perspective in the first activity of the Gender Chapter of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Uruguay

14 May 2021 | Briefing note

Representatives of the Governments of Chile and Uruguay, the Division for Gender Affairs, and the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC exchanged about alternatives to improve the measurement and analysis of the impact of international trade from a gender perspective.…

Observatory on Border Crossing Status due to COVID-19

5 Apr 2020 | Briefing note

The observatory is a joint effort of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, to gather all the updated information on the limitations of the border crossing both in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the rest of the world due to the outbreak of COVID-19.…

Updated Version of the Map-based International Trade System (SIGCI)

16 Nov 2017 | Briefing note

ECLAC’s Division of International Trade and Integration is pleased to announce the release of an updated version of its Map-based International Trade System (SIGCI). SIGCI, which is available in both English and Spanish, is an integrated platform that facilitates the analysis of bilateral trade flows and balances by countries, regional groupings, and products using both Harmonized System (HS) and Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) data. The updated system incorporates indices, maps, visual aids, and examples to support and deepen the analysis of trade data from the United Natio…

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