The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) dialogued on Thursday, August 20, with authorities from the Finance Ministries of numerous Latin American countries regarding fiscal policy challenges in mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic and social effects and in the processes for reactivating economies.
At the meeting – held in the framework of the XXXII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy that ECLAC organizes annually, which took place virtually on this occasion – the participants included Ministers and Deputy Ministers as well as high-level technical officials …
United States Trade Developments 2020 provides an overview of selected developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of 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. This year’s report has a special focus on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade related issues. Specifically, it provides information on the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. trade and migration flows, supply chains as well as some of the restrictions to the move…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first nine months of 2020 in times of COVID-19) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…