The publication “International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025” will be presented at a press conference on Wednesday, November 19 in Santiago, Chile.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Wednesday, November 19, its annual report entitled International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: International trade in a new era of weaponized interdependence. In addition to examining the evolution of foreign trade in the region’s economies during the first half of this year and to presenting its full-year projections for the export and import of goods and services, ECLAC in this report will provide a special analysis of the effects that the United States’ new tariff policy has had on Latin American and Caribbean countries. 

In three chapters, the document addresses the recent trade situation and its prospects at a global and regional level; it analyzes the position of Latin America and the Caribbean vis-à-vis the new U.S. trade policy; and it examines the intensity of technology and advanced human capital in the region’s goods-and-services exports. According to the report, global and regional trade will remain dynamic in 2025 but prospects worsen in 2026.

The launch of this flagship report, which is prepared each year by ECLAC’s Division of International Trade and Integration, will take place in a hybrid (in-person and virtual) press conference at the organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The press conference will be led by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.

Members of the media are invited to attend this event, which will take place at ECLAC (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile, Celso Furtado conference room). Journalists must have their media credentials or their IDs with them to gain access and must get accredited ahead of time by writing to prensa@cepal.org.

The press conference will also be transmitted live via Webex at the following link: 

https://eclac.webex.com/weblink/register/r0501d6e10cf03aed13f0535e10b541e7 

Journalists interested in participating virtually must register in advance. They will receive an automated email with instructions for joining.

Journalists are asked to email their questions ahead of time to conferenciaprensa@cepal.org, and ECLAC’s experts will respond to them during the live presentation of the document. Questions will only be taken until 11:30 a.m. local time.

An electronic version of the Executive Summary of this new annual report by ECLAC, along with a press release and the Executive Secretary’s PDF presentation with its main conclusions, will be made available on ECLAC’s website on Wednesday, November 19, as soon as the press conference has concluded.

WHAT: Press conference to launch ECLAC’s flagship annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: International trade in a new era of weaponized interdependence. 

WHO: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and the Commission’s experts in charge of the report.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -03:00).

WHERE: ECLAC’s headquarters (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile, Celso Furtado conference room).

Virtual connection will also be available on various platforms:

• Webex: https://eclac.webex.com/weblink/register/r0501d6e10cf03aed13f0535e10b541e7 (prior registration required)
• ECLAC’s website: https://www.cepal.org
• Special web page for transmissions: https://live.cepal.org/
• X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/cepal_onu
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu 

For queries and to arrange interviews, contact ECLAC’s Public Information Unit. 

Email: prensa@cepal.org; Telephone: +562 2210 2040.