ECLAC presented its flagship annual report on the region’s international trade outlook, in which it urges countries to implement productive development policies to diversify their export basket and make it more sophisticated, including by attracting FDI in strategic sectors.
The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will lead a press conference to unveil the report on Thursday, November 2 in Santiago, Chile.
New edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2023 continue to be linked to strengthening domestic space in the pursuit of greater productive integration.
Mario Cimoli, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, participated in the inauguration of the eighth India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave, which is being held in Santiago, Chile.
Both regions should adjust their strategies and policies to make use of the growing South-South trade potential, according to Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Commission.