Antidumping and countervailing duties in a Western Hemispheric free trade agreement

Includes bibliography

Informe final de la Reunión de Directores de Estadística de las Américas = Report of the Meeting of Directors of Statistics of the Americas

Presenta la organizacion de los trabajos y resumen de los debates de la reunion, en la que se analizaron aspectos globales de los Censos de Poblacion y Vivienda que requieren decisiones a nivel de Directores de Estadistica; la participacion de los paises latinoamericanos y del Caribe en el 24o periodo de sesiones de la Comision de Estadistica de las Naciones Unidas; y se evaluaron las actividades acordadas en la 9a Conferencia Interamericana de Estadistica.

Informe final de la Reunión de Directores de Estadística de las Américas = Final report of the Meeting of Directors of Statistics of the Americas

Presenta el resumen de los debates de la reunión que tuvo como principales propósitos evaluar los avances logrados en actividades preparatorias de la Ronda de Censos del 90, absorción de tecnologías computacionales para el desarrollo estadístico de la región, cooperación técnica, capacitación y situación de las estadísticas sociales.

Report of working groups of permanent secretaries and directors of agricultural research

Presenta una serie de consideraciones acerca de la importancia de la investigacion agricola como fuente de crecimiento del sector y de la necesidad de colaboracion entre las agencias de investigacion nacionales y regionales, asi como los criterios recomendados para hacer efectiva dicha colaboracion.

Nineteenth meeting of national customs directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal

First meeting on European soil. The Nineteenth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held in Palma, Mallorca, Spain, from 2 to 6 November 1998. The opening session stressed the importance of this being the first meeting held on European soil, and members were urged to pool their efforts to develop closer cooperative ties between the region's customs services.

Seventeenth meeting of national customs directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal

The seventeenth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia from 27 to 31 January 1997. The meeting was attended by representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. Observers from Australia, France, Japan and the United States were also present. Representatives of the following international organizations also attended the meeting: Association of Customs Agents of Uruguay, International Association of Professional Customs Agents (ASAPRA), Latin American Integration Organization (LAIA), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Latin American Convention of Courier Enterprises (CLADEC), Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE), Board of the Cartagena Agreement (JUNAC), Organization of American States (OAS), World Customs Organization (WCO), and Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP).

Twentieth meeting of national customs directors of Latin America, Portugal and Spain

The twentieth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held from 26 to 29 October 1999 in Cancún, Quinta Roo, Mexico. Working groups discussed issues relating to control, harmonization of customs procedures, strategic alliances for combating commercial fraud, integrity and the impact of the year 2000 computer problem on customs services. At the plenary meeting of this session, agreement was reached on 30 points.Uruguay, headquarters for the twenty-first meeting: The delegation of Uruguay's offer to host the twenty-first meeting in October 2000 was accepted.