United Nations
South-South trade
South-South trade
Activities:
First session of the Regional Conference on South South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Regional Conference was established by virtue of resolution 752(PLEN.36) adopted by the member States of ECLAC at the thirty-sixth session of its Committee of the Whole in December 2021. In that meeting member States approved the renaming of the Committee on South-South Cooperation as the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
News:
Exports Between MERCOSUR Countries Showed Resilience Amid a Fall in the Rest of the Bloc’s Sales Abroad
A new edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2024 will be linked to low dynamism in global demand and the downward trend in prices, amid persistently high interest rates.
Value of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Goods Exports Will Fall 2% in 2023 in a Context of Great Weakness in Global Trade
ECLAC presented its flagship annual report on the region’s international trade outlook, in which it urges countries to implement productive development policies to diversify their export basket and make it more sophisticated, including by attracting FDI in strategic sectors.
ECLAC Presents Annual Report on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2023
The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will lead a press conference to unveil the report on Thursday, November 2 in Santiago, Chile.
MERCOSUR’s Exports Recover from the Pandemic’s Effects, Rising 18.2% in 2022
New edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2023 continue to be linked to strengthening domestic space in the pursuit of greater productive integration.
