Trade negotiations

Trade negotiations convey the objectives and credibility and are a vital process in the development of effective trade agreements and policies in the region. The International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC helps to ensure the successful negotiation and implementation of important trade policies and agreements which contribute to sustainable economic development.

Activities

3 Jul 2024 | Event | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

News

19 Nov 2025 | Press Release
Banner portadas informe Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de ALC 2025

Given the United States’ New Tariff Policy, Latin American and Caribbean Countries Should Diversify their Trade Relations and Strengthen Regional Integration

According to ECLAC’s latest annual report on international trade, the region’s countries face, on average, lower tariffs in the United States than sev...

12 Nov 2025 | News
Banner launch of International Trade Outlook 2025 report

ECLAC’s New Annual Report Analyzes the Effects of U.S. Tariffs on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade

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

5 Jul 2024 | News
Banner Boletín Comercio Exterior No. 7

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...

6 May 2021 | Press Release

Negotiations in the Framework of the WTO are a New Model of Governance for Foreign Direct Investment: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary was one of the main speakers at a high-level roundtable on a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development for Lat...

Contact

División Comercio internacional e integración

comercio@cepal.org