Coloquio "Las nuevas dinámicas de la integración regional en ALC y las relaciones birregionales UE-ALC"

China and Latin America and the Caribbean: building a strategic economic and trade relationship

The economies of China and of the Latin American and Caribbean region are the current global growth poles and, over the coming years, will grow twice or three times as quickly as the industrialized economies, which will have to adjust to slower growth and higher unemployment. The present juncture offers an opportunity to rethink global and regional partnership strategies and to put greater emphasis on South- South ties in trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and cooperation. In this document, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) posits that China and the Latin …

Primera Reunión de Coordinadores Nacionales de CELAC

Inauguración de la reunión del Consejo Consultivo de la Red Latinoamericana de Relaciones Internacionales y Política Exterior (RIAL)

China y América Latina y el Caribe: hacia una relación económica y comercial estratégica

Las economías de China y de América Latina y el Caribe -que crecerán en los próximos años entre dos y tres veces más rápido que las economías industrializadas- son los polos de crecimiento mundial del momento, ya que en los próximos años las economías industrializadas deberán ajustarse a un contexto de menor crecimiento y mayor desempleo. Por lo tanto, nos encontramos ante una coyuntura internacional que invita a repensar las estrategias globales y regionales de alianzas, y a conceder una mayor relevancia a los vínculos Sur-Sur en el comercio, la inversión extranjera directa (IED) y la coopera…

Panorama da inserção internacional da América Latina e Caribe 2011-2012: Crise duradoura no centro e novas oportunidades para as economias em desenvolvimento. Documento informativo

Capítulo I: O complexo reordenamento da economia mundial .-- Capítulo II: O auge dos produtos básicos: balanço e perspectivas .-- Capítulo III: Desempenho recente e perspectivas de curto prazo do comércio e da integração econômica na América Latina e no Caribe .-- Capítulo IV: O contexto econômico mundial previsível e seus desafios para a inserção internacional da América Latina e do Caribe…

Reunión Latinoamérica y el Grupo de los 20: hacia la construcción de un espacio de diálogo en la región, de ALADI

Brazil and India: two BRICs as a "building bloc" for South-South cooperation

Given the risks the world economy is still facing and the ascendancy of Brazil and India as major growth poles of the global economy, government authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean should redouble their efforts to identify and capitalize upon the potential complementarities created by greater integration with the BRICs. In view of the inter-industrial nature of trade between India and Latin America including Brazil, the region should seek to create partnerships between its firms and successful Indian companies, in order to gain access to supply chains that produce more complex, tech…

Member States Approve ECLAC Proposals to Attain Greater Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

(Brasilia, 1 June 2010) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded its Thirty-third Session today in Brazil, welcoming the comprehensive approach to development centered on equality proposed by the Executive Secretariat and requesting that it draft proposals of public policies under that perspective. The representatives of ECLAC's 44 member and nine associate States met in Brasilia from 30 May to 1 June to review the activities of the Commission during the ongoing biennium and set the priorities of its programme of work for the following two years. One of the…

Países aprueban propuestas de la CEPAL para lograr mayor igualdad en América Latina y el Caribe

(Brasilia, 1 de junio 2010) La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) concluyó hoy su Trigésimo tercer período de sesiones en Brasil, acogiendo el enfoque integral de desarrollo centrado en la igualdad propuesto por la Secretaría Ejecutiva y solicitando la elaboración de propuestas de políticas públicas con ese eje. Los representantes de los 44 Estados miembros y nueve asociados de la CEPAL se reunieron en Brasilia entre el 30 de mayo y 1 de junio para revisar las actividades del actual bienio y fijar las prioridades de su programa de trabajo para los dos años siguien…

Países aprovam propostas da CEPAL para conseguir maior igualdade na América Latina e Caribe

(Brasília, 1º de junho 2010) A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) concluiu hoje seu Trigésimo terceiro período de sessões no Brasil, acolhendo o enfoque integral de desenvolvimento centrado na igualdade proposto pela Secretaria Executiva e solicitando a elaboração de propostas de políticas públicas nesse sentido. Os representantes dos 44 Estados membros e nove associados da CEPAL se reuniram em Brasília de 30 de maio a 1º de junho para revisar as atividades do atual biênio e fixar as prioridades de seu programa de trabalho para os próximos dois anos. Em uma das r…

Crisis internacional y oportunidades para la cooperación regional

Al finalizar el 2008, aún no es posible asegurar que se haya conseguido contener la crisis financiera, la mayor desde la gran crisis de los años treinta. Persiste la volatilidad de precios en productos básicos, monedas y bolsas de valores, la crisis empieza a abarcar a gigantes mundiales de la industria automotriz y la recesión se instala en Estados Unidos, Europa, Japón y otras economías de Asia y Oceanía. A partir de septiembre, la crisis golpea fuerte en nuestra región, con drásticas e inéditas caídas en los precios de nuestros productos, en las bolsas de valores y en la relación de nuestra…

Integration in Latin America - Trends and Challenges

Regional trade agreements have had a significant presence in the design of international and productive policies in Latin American and Caribbean countries since the early 1950s. Fifty years later, the region has not reached the degree of economic inter-relation found, for instance, in Western Europe, but the concern with promoting regional integration has been a tradition in an impressive amount of speeches and declarations by policy makers in the last decades. The weakening of multilateral negotiations and the multiplicity of bilateral agreements with countries in other regions might affect r…

Korean OFDI: investment strategies and corporate motivations for investing abroad

International flows of capital in the form of foreign direct investment have become an important means of promoting economic development in many countries. The spread of globalization and the activity of transnational corporations have been driving forces behind these flows have already been adequately analyzed. An important new phenomenon of recent decades is the rapid increase in the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from developing countries. Much less attention has been paid to outward investment by developing countries, mainly because it was negligible until recently.OFDI fro…

O Comércio na América do Sul e oportunidades para o Brasil

Mapeamento das relações comerciais da América do Sul – Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Equador, Paraguai, Peru, Uruguai e Venezuela - para identificar oportunidades para o Brasil. Para estimar as oportunidades para o Brasil, foram selecionados os produtos importados pelo Brasil e parceiros, com participação igual ou maior que 1% em 2005, e relacionados os fornecedores – Brasil, demais da Região, terceiros países. O Brasil é um parceiro extremamente importante para a Argentina, Bolívia, Uruguai e Paraguai. Em 2005, a participação brasileira chegou a 36% do total exportado pela Bol…

Latin American South-South integration and cooperation: from a regional public goods perspective

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…

El potencial de puertos pivotes en la costa del Pacífico sudamericano

El comercio exterior de un país está estrechamente vinculado a su ubicación geográfica, los servicios de transporte que cubren las distancias hacia los mercados y los puertos por los cuales pasa este comercio. Recientes avances en el transporte marítimo, la creciente integración económica internacional y las privatizaciones portuarias en los países del Pacífico sudamericano han llevado a crear expectativas de que surjan puertos que concentren carga nacional y de países vecinos para su posterior redistribución: los llamados puertos pivotes. La principal conclusión del presente análisis es que e…

The potential for hub ports on the Pacific coast of South America

The external trade of a country is closely linked with its geographical location, with the transport services that cover the distance to markets, and the ports through which that trade passes. Recent advances in maritime transport, the growing international economic integration, and the privatization of ports in the countries on the Pacific coast of South America have given rise to expectations that ports could be developed that concentrate both domestic cargo and that of neighbouring countries for its subsequent redistribution: what are known as hub ports . The main conclusion of t…

Regional integration in Latin America, globalization and South-South trade

Summary The first section sets out the historical background to the features of regional integration in Latin America between 1960 and 1990. The integration style of this region reflected the protected development models of the period, and developed slowly during the years 1960-1980. The period 1980-1990, known as the lost decade in Latin America, is then examined, bringing to light on the one hand the retreat of economic integration in the region and on the other the beginnings of a process of political democratization which was to set the stage for renewed progress towards integration …

Intra-ACS trade: an overview of CDCC trade with non-CDCC groupings