Incorporation of special and differential treatment in international trade agreements and the implications for Caribbean economies

Includes bibliography

International trade and inclusive development: Building synergies

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena.

Free trade and the development of sustainable agriculture in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

International trade in Latina America and the Caribbean 2009: crisis and recovery

Includes bibliography

Productivity growth in Latin American manufacturing: what role for international trade intensities?

Includes Bibliography

El cabildeo para el comercio internacional de América Latina y el Caribe en Washington, DC = Latin America and Caribbean lobbying for international trade in Washington, DC

Incluye Bibliografía

International trade and maritime transport in the Caribbean

For the countries of the Caribbean, the international trade and transport of goods are more important than for many others in the region (see FAL Bulletin No. 136 Maritime transport in the Caribbean), and the subregion is strongly affected by structural changes in maritime transport (see FAL Bulletin No. 142 The impact of structural changes in liner shipping on Caribbean ports).For these reasons ECLAC's Transport Unit and the Commissions' sub-headquarters in the Caribbean, jointly organized a Meeting of Experts which took place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 14 to 15 September 2000. Twenty-six participants took part, representing different academic, intergovernmental, financial and industrial institutions and organizations.This edition of the FAL Bulletin presents some of the results of this meeting.

Facilitation of international trade in goods

The FAL Bulletin is reverting to its original concept, that is, facilitation of trade in the broad sense. In the context of ECLAC, this is a topic covered by the International Trade Unit in the International Trade and Development Finance Division, to which the Transport Unit also belonged until it was incorporated into the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division in April 1999.In an effort at inter-divisional cooperation starting with this issue, the International Trade Unit will be responsible for preparing four articles per year on trade facilitation for the FAL Bulletin. These are certain to be of great interest not only to those of our readers concerned with multi-modal ocean transport and customs procedures but also to those with links to the broader issue of promoting foreign trade in the region.