United States Trade Developments, 2016-2017, provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office. The report also describes the main trade policy developments of the year, discuses United States trade deficits and presents trade inhibiting measures.…
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), urged the region’s countries to break the statistical silence on women’s participation in trade, production and value chains in order to create policies for tearing down the barriers preventing women from taking part in the labor market on equal footing with men. She specifically proposed stronger integration of this issue in the work done by the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), a subsidiary body of ECLAC.
Bárcena participated in the Making Trade Work for Gender Equality: Fr…
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), instó hoy a los países de la región a romper el silencio estadístico sobre la participación de las mujeres en el comercio, la producción y las cadenas de valor para generar políticas que permitan derribar las barreras que le están impidiendo a la población femenina insertarse en igualdad de condiciones que los hombres en el mercado laboral. Propuso, específicamente, integrar con mayor fuerza este tema en el trabajo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA), órgano subsidiario de la …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) called for revitalizing the multilateral trading system and putting it at the service of sustainable development, hand in hand with the 2030 Agenda, during the eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 10-13, 2017.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary – who is heading the regional organization’s delegation and attending the gathering in representation of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres – spoke this Monday at the e…
Un llamado a revitalizar el sistema multilateral de comercio y a ponerlo al servicio del desarrollo sostenible, de la mano de la Agenda 2030, hizo hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante la undécima Conferencia Ministerial (CM11) de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), que se celebra en Buenos Aires, Argentina, entre el 10 y el 13 de diciembre de 2017.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, quien encabeza la delegación del organismo regional y asiste al encuentro como representante del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterr…
This first edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the continuation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy with a new title, covers 2017 and contains three chapters. The first chapter describes the current international context and the recovery of trade in the region. Chapter II reviews the region’s performance in global trade in services in general and in modern services in particular, since 2005. Chapter III provides an overview of Latin America and the Caribbean’s share of the world agricultural trade since 2000 and offers some p…
Thirty-two public officials, senior officers and decision makers from several Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) countries gathered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week, to gain a better understanding of the tools needed to provide deeper trade analysis that would support future Economic Union trade negotiations among members of the OECS.
Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the workshop introduced participants to a suite of cutting-edge digital tools that will bolster their ability to analyse national trade compe…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spainrecentlybrought together decision makers from Belize, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago to examine the trade-related performance of Caribbean countries.
he basis for discussion was the ECLAC study entitled “Monitoring trade agreements: Improving export performance and promoting industrialization in the goods-producing economies of the Caribbean”. The study highlighted that the exports of Belize, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago are concentrated towards few markets, most notably the United Stat…
The effects of globalization and regional integration have not worked well for many Americans and Mexicans. The objective of this document is to assess the proposals of the Trump administration for revising NAFTA, the responses of the Mexican government, and progressive alternatives to both. Therefore, this paper will address what kind of economic policies are needed to achieve more inclusive and sustainable growth in both Mexico and the United States, given their current degree of integration and the changing character of global production and technology.…
Esta primera edición de Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe —que es la continuación del Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe con un nuevo título— corresponde a 2017 y contiene tres capítulos. En el capítulo I se describe el contexto internacional actual y la recuperación del comercio de la región. En el capítulo II se revisa el comportamiento de la región en el comercio mundial de servicios en general, y de servicios modernos en particular, desde 2005. En el capítulo III se ofrece una visión panorámica de la participación de Am…
In 2017, Latin America and the Caribbean will leave behind half a decade of declines in the prices of its export basket and a weak increase in exported volume, achieving 10% growth in the value of its shipments abroad, according to new estimates released today by ECLAC in Santiago, Chile.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) unveiled today its annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2017 (previously known as Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy), in which it indicates that the region’s imports will also recov…
América Latina y el Caribe dejará atrás en 2017 media década de caídas de los precios de su canasta de exportación y de un débil aumento del volumen exportado y logrará un crecimiento de 10% en el valor de sus envíos de bienes al exterior, según nuevas estimaciones entregadas hoy por la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile.
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) dio a conocer hoy su informe anual Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2017 (anteriormente conocido como Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe), en el que s…
A América Latina e o Caribe deixarão para trás em 2017 meia década de queda dos preços de sua cesta de exportação e de um leve aumento do volume exportado e alcançarão um crescimento de 10% no valor de suas vendas de bens para o exterior, segundo as novas estimativas apresentadas hoje pela CEPAL em Santiago, Chile.
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) divulgou hoje seu relatório anual Perspectivas do Comércio Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe, 2017 (anteriormente conhecido como Panorama da Inserção Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe), em que indica q…
Esta primeira edição de Perspectivas do Comércio Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe —que é a continuação do Panorama da Inserção Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe com um novo título— corresponde a 2017 e contém três capítulos.
O capítulo I descreve o contexto internacional atual e a recuperação do comércio da região. O capítulo II analisa o comportamento da região no comércio mundial de serviços em geral, e de serviços modernos em particular, desde 2005. O capítulo III oferece uma visão panorâmica da participação da América Latina e do Caribe no comércio agropecuário mundial…
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), reaffirmed today in New York the regional organization’s support for the integration process of the Pacific Alliance, a mechanism formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, which she characterized as a successful experience founded on three key features: political will, public-private partnerships and pragmatism in decision-making and in the design of cooperation instruments.
“This is a project that creates enthusiasm and encouragement, that gives us hope that integration in the region …
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), reafirmó hoy en Nueva York el apoyo del organismo regional al proceso de integración de la Alianza del Pacífico, mecanismo conformado por Chile, Colombia, México y Perú, el que calificó como una experiencia exitosa fundada en tres grandes características: voluntad política, alianzas público-privadas y pragmatismo en la toma de decisiones y en el diseño de instrumentos de cooperación.
“Este es un proyecto que entusiasma, que anima, que nos da la esperanza de que en la región la integración es …
El presente documento analiza los avances de la Alianza del Pacífico (AP) y el MERCOSUR en la regulación internacional de la inversión extranjera. A partir de dicho análisis, se delinean los posibles contenidos de un eventual acuerdo sobre inversión entre ambas agrupaciones. De este modo se espera contribuir con propuestas sustantivas a la agenda en curso de convergencia en la diversidad .…
This study will analyse the deindustrialization process in El Salvador. Deindustrialization has been a factor in the Latin American countries since the 1980s and contributes to economic stagnation and quality job loss. The first section reviews selected studies in the literature on this subject and is followed by an exploration of the possible causes of deindustrialization in El Salvador. The idea that remittances may have triggered a bout of Dutch disease is the first possibility to be examined, but it is then ruled out. The focus then turns to the repercussions of economic reforms carried ou…
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