SANTIAGO, 20 October 2008: Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the Commission’s International Trade and Integration Division, will offer a press conference to present the report Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy, 2007 Edition: 2008 Trends.
The report will be launched on Monday, October 27 at 11 a.m. at the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City.
The 2008 edition, which provides a regional overview of trends in trade and the factors that determine them, analyzes the following issues:
The impact of global trends on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. Repercussions of the international financial crisis in the region’s economies.
Latin America and the Caribbean and the Doha trade negotiations. Analysis of the current state and uncertain perspectives of WTO trade negotiations.
Globalization and new trends in international trade. Analysis of the ties between security and trade, the application of private-sector standards for good practices and other factors that may stimulate protectionism.
Integration and trade initiatives. Efforts towards advancing intraregional cooperation and the process of internationalization of Latin American corporations.
Association agreements between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean; from preferences to reciprocity. The situation of Europe as a trade partner and its position with regard to other regions, such as the United States and Asia-Pacific.
Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific: joint search for greater trade and investment. The relevance of Asia-Pacific trade with Latin America and the Caribbean and analysis of possibilities to foment it.
Prospective analysis: a tool for strengthening international insertion. Exercises that may be used as tools to strengthen public-private alliances and are useful to develop future agreements, as they help identify priorities and strategic guidelines that should be adopted at present.
