Three priorities for Caribbean countries development include digital transformation, modern services exports and more South-South cooperation, in particular with Latin America. That was the position of ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, expressed at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held today in Port of Spain.
Salazar-Xirinachs said that “small size has traditionally been seen in the development economics literature as associated with high costs given the difficulties to take advantage of …
Government authorities from various countries in the region along with experts on the reform of the global trade system gathered at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event aimed to discuss, from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective, on how to achieve better integration between international trade, environmental sustainability, and the green transition.
The high-level meeting, titled "Pursuing Greater Alignment Between Trade and Sustainability: A Latin American Perspective," took place on March 20-21, 2025.…
Autoridades de gobiernos de varios países de la región, junto a expertos en la reforma del sistema comercial mundial, se reunieron en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en un evento destinado a debatir, desde una perspectiva latinoamericana y caribeña, sobre cómo lograr una mayor articulación entre el comercio internacional, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la transición verde.
El encuentro de alto nivel titulado “Buscando una mayor alineación entre el comercio y la sostenibilidad: una perspectiva latinoamericana” se realizó el 20 y 2…