Total Western Hemisphere exports to the world fell by over 6 percent in 2002, continuing the decline recorded in 2001 but at a lower rate. The international recovery evident in early 2002 subsequently lost momentum and the downturn has continued to have adverse effects on the trade of the Americas.

La presente nota periódica presenta las estimaciones preliminares del comercio de 2002 para la región. Se informa sobre la caída de las exportaciones, siguiendo la tendencia iniciada el año anterior, pero a un ritmo más lento. Se sostiene que la recuperación internacional de principios del...

La presente nota periódica sobre integración y comercio en las Américas presenta los indicadores de volumen del flujo comercial de 2001 el Hemisferio Occidental. Según estimaciones preliminares, el comercio entre los países de las Américas durante el año 2001 disminuyó aproximadamente un...

Total Western Hemisphere exports to the world fell by over 6 percent in 2002, continuing the decline recorded in 2001 but at a lower rate. The international recovery evident in early 2002 subsequently lost momentum and the downturn has continued to have adverse effects on the trade of the Americas.

Diversos países están preocupados por la densidad normativa que rige su comercio exterior preferencial y buscan disminuir y simplificar la diversidad de normas existentes, para lo cual, comienzan a analizar alternativas que permitan alguna convergencia entre sus acuerdos. El objetivo de este...

Many countries are concerned by the dense body of regulations governing their preferential foreign trade and are seeking to simplify the current diversity of rules. To do this they are starting to look at alternatives that allow a degree of convergence between their agreements. This paper aims...

Diversos países están preocupados por la densidad normativa que rige su comercio exterior preferencial y buscan disminuir y simplificar la diversidad de normas existentes, para lo cual, comienzan a analizar alternativas que permitan alguna convergencia entre sus acuerdos. El objetivo de este...

This book assesses the impact and design of optimal strategies to implement existing agreements. It deals with issues such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional, regional, and global trade architecture, and promoting convergence and accumulation among the...

This book assesses the impact and design of optimal strategies to implement existing agreements. It deals with issues such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional, regional, and global trade architecture, and promoting convergence and accumulation among the...

This document contains country and agreement profiles. Country Profiles in the following pages present an overview of the performance and structure of international trade for each country as well as its multilateral and preferential trade policies. The Agreement Profiles in the following pages...