Procedimientos comerciales y facilitación comercial = Trade procedures and trade facilitation

Contiene los analisis de los expertos en problemas de facilitacion del comercio en lo que se refiere a simplificacion de los procedimientos comerciales a nivel nacional, su armonizacion y uniformacion a nivel regional y sub-regional; la situacion actual dentro de los mecanismos de integracion; las necesidades del fortalecimiento institucional; y la consideracion de posibles acciones de seguimiento.

Report of the workshop in Caribbean small and medium-sized enterprises and trade liberalization: challenges of clusters and network initiatives

Includes bibliography

Problemas de la industria siderúrgica y de transformación de hierro y acero en América Latina = Problems of the steel making and transforming industries in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Business strategies under stabilization and trade openness in the 1990s

Includes bibliography

Market and trade perspectives for the food and forestry sectors of Latin America in the Asia-Pacific Basin

Includes bibliography

Malaysian industrial and trade policies under the new international trading system

Includes bibliography

Industrial and trade policies under the new trading system: toward a comparative analysis between East Asia and Latin America

Includes bibliography

The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: highlights of economy and trade

Document prepared on the occasion of the visit of President Barack Obama to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in March 2011

Rules of origin and trade facilitation

The contents of this article complement those of the recently published FAL Bulletin No. 201, which referred to the rules of origin included in economic integration agreements signed by members of the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA). On this occasion the relationship between rules of origin and facilitation of international trade in goods is examined. The contents of both this issue and of FAL Bulletin No. 201 have been taken from a more extensive document written by the same author, which is publication No. 28 of the ECLAC Comercio Internacional Series, Normas de origen y procedimientos para su administración en América Latina, of May 2003.

Competition Policy and Trade Agreements in the Region: Exploring Forums for Cooperation and Convergence

The similarities of competition provisions in integration and other intraregional agreements and the dissemination of this information could serve as a basis for progress in cooperation and convergence on this issue in the region. The negotiation processes that have taken place for these agreements have also enhanced communication between the national agencies concerned, leading to processes of learning and harmonization; these processes could be strengthened as part of the current efforts of administrating and implementing trade agreements. This edition of the FAL Bulletin reviews the information available in order to see how progress can be made on this issue on the basis of the analysis and bibliography of Álvarez and others (2006), and Silva and Álvarez (2006).