Disponer de una buena base de datos del comercio exterior de los países constituye una herramienta fundamental para los tomadores de decisiones. La División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la CEPAL, ahora presenta una base de datos de fácil manejo que entrega información del intercambio comercial de 33 países de América Latina y el Caribe, de 15 países miembros históricos de la Unión Europea, más otros países seleccionados principalmente miembros del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC) denominado Sistema Interactivo Gráfico de Datos de Comercio Internacional (SIGCI).…
Si bien en la Argentina no se dispone de muchos casos concretos de utilización explícita de instrumentos económicos para mejorar la gestión ambiental que se hayan aplicado sistemáticamente en el pasado reciente, existen algunos programas de promoción de actividades económicas que presentan directa o indirectamente aspectos de mejoramiento ambiental,1 como así también diferentes iniciativas específicas —con distintos grados de avance— planificadas para su aplicación futura. Al respecto, se realizó un relevamiento de esos instrumentos, consultando a las instituciones responsables del diseño, for…
El 26, 27 y 28 de septiembre tuvo lugar el Foro sobre Género y Desarrollo de la Decimoquinta sesión de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD-15), en el que la Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, Ana Güezmes García, participó en el panel de alto nivel: construyendo sociedades y economías que promuevan la igualdad de género: ¿cuál es el rol del comercio?…
En el presente artículo se examinan los principales tipos de medidas restrictivas del comercio adoptadas o anunciadas en el mundo desde la irrupción de la crisis económica en septiembre de 2008 hasta fines de 2009, incluyendo aquellas vinculadas con el combate al cambio climático. A partir de esta revisión se esbozan algunas implicancias para el sistema multilateral de comercio estructurado en torno a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC). Se concluye que el rol de la OMC como foro de liberalización del comercio, entendida en el sentido tradicional de la reducción de barreras arancelaria…
Los representantes de los Institutos de Normalización de los tres países que integran el denominado Triángulo del Litio (Argentina, Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia y Chile) se reunieron para compartir experiencias alrededor de los procesos nacionales de normalización de la minería y compuestos de litio, y sobre su participación en el Comité Técnico de litio de la International Organization for Standarization (ISO/TC 333).…
El Entendimiento Relativo a las Normas y Procedimientos por los que se rige la Solución de diferencias de la Organización Mundial del Comercio se ha convertido en el principal instrumento jurídico mediante el cual los países en desarrollo, incluidos los de América Latina y el Caribe, pueden defender sus derechos e intereses comerciales. Este instrumento es ya una referencia obligada para la solución de diferencias comerciales a nivel regional y bilateral, traspasándose varias de sus normas a instrumentos recientemente negociados, o bien permitiendo, mediante la elección de foro, resolver una c…
Discusses the objectives behind export promotional policies, their methods, and the benefits to be derived. Describes, analyses and assesses export promotional polices in the case of CARICOM Caribbean economies. Examines the physical and institutional context, and instruments for export promotional policies, and the analyses their implications and
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En este artículo se examina la interacción de las políticas nacionales y los intereses extranjeros en el marco institucional que administrará la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC);. Presenta un marco teórico que trata a la OMC como el foro de un juego de superposición que proporciona las normas para mantener un sistema de libre comercio entre economías periódicamente sometidas a presiones proteccionistas. Los juegos de superposición tienen lugar cuando determinado jugador participa simultáneamente en juegos contra distintos oponentes y cuando la estrategia seguida en un juego limita las e…
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Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) Mexico, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as well as the University of Veracruz, Mexico is organizing this Forum.…
9 Abr 2013, 08:00 - 10:00
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Organized by UNCTAD/Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).…
This report presents the results for Latin America and the Caribbean of the fourth Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation, conducted in the first half of 2021 against the backdrop of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and with the participation of 135 countries (14 from the region). The survey results indicate that Latin America and the Caribbean has made considerable progress since the previous edition in 2019. For the first time, it is the best performing developing region ahead of East and Southeast Asia, with an average implementation rate of 80%. The region’s…
This report presents the results for Latin America and the Caribbean of the fifth United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation, conducted in the first half of 2023 with the participation of 163 countries (26 from the region). The average regional implementation rate across the 31 core measures is 71%, slightly above the average for all participant countries (69%). Despite being severely hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the countries of the region have continued to advance in the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Tra…
The regional digital trade integration index (RDTII) results from cooperation among several United Nations Regional Commissions. This guide is based on the methodology and indicators of RDTII Version 1.0. It provides essential explanations of the structure and rationale of RDTII 1.0 and guidance on data collection and sources. It is expected to give a guideline to those involved in collecting regulatory data to analyze the digital trade regulatory environment based on the RDTII 1.0 framework. It is useful also for those who will use the index and related indicators for policy analysis and draf…
The Latin American and Caribbean region faces considerable challenges in terms of reducing the non-tariff costs and the time associated with foreign trade operations. The Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2019, a joint initiative of the five United Nations regional commissions, seeks to gauge how far countries have advanced with regard to the baseline provided by the previous versions of the Survey in 2015 and 2017. This report summarizes the results of the Global Survey 2019 for the 18 participating countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, which account for 93…
Global antidumping activity peaked in 2001, with 366 petitions initiated world-wide, and rapidly diminished to just 163 cases in 2007. With the onset of the current major world-wide recession some observers feared that antidumping usage would climb dramatically; however while antidumping activity was up by 28% in 2008 (to 208 cases initiated, according to WTO statistics), the rise was not nearly commensurate with the financial distress, and new antidumping initiations for the first three quarters of 2009 -at 154 cases- are on pace to show little change for the full year compared to the previou…
Studies of Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Mexico conducted collaboratively by ECLAC and GTZ point to environmental impacts associated with small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly in the manufacturing sector. This impact is essentially local, though it can become significant at the aggregate level, i.e., SMEs are responsible for some of the environmental problems caused by industry as a whole. Though SMEs account for only a small fraction of such problems -at the national level, the effect is often marginal in terms of environmental degradation- the impact may be significant and fairl…
The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…
Executive Summary The global economy is experiencing a recession, which originated in the United States and is affecting developed and developing economies alike. Between the second and third quarter of 2001, the United States GDP growth rate decreased from 2.6 per cent to 1.2 per cent. For the same period, the European Union's GDP growth rate declined from 2.4 per cent to 1.7 per cent. For Latin America and the Caribbean the growth will fall from 4 per cent in 2000 to 1 per cent in 2001. A central issue regarding the current recession is whether it will be short lived or rather …
This RDTII Guide, now in its second edition, serves as a handbook designed to assist policymakers and policy researchers in analysing digital trade regulations. The Guide complements RDTII version 2.0, a common framework developed in collaboration with the European University Institute and utilized by ESCAP, ECA and ECLAC for digital trade regulatory analysis. Users of this guide are recommended to use it in conjunction with the ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Digital Trade Regulatory Review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023 and 2024 versions.
The guide provides essential explana…