Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 1996

With this new periodical publication, Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latin y el Caribe, the ECLAC secretariat hopes to initiate a ongoing process of analysis of the region's linkages with the global economy, trade policy instruments that can help improve those linkages in the framework of multilateral and regional agreements and the factors that influence demand in the markets constituted by the industrialized countries and large transnational corporations.
This first issue for 1996 describes trends in the trade and trade policies of the countries of the region, with special emphasis on structural changes in the world economy that affect trade and investment opportunities, on the process of regional and subregional integration and on the implementation of multilateral trade agreements. The document is divided into four parts: the global economy (chapter I and II), trade and trade policy of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-1996 (chapters III to V), the progress of regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-1996 (chapters VI to IX) and important topics in international trade (chapters X and XI).