ECLAC Report Analyses the Effects of Global Volatility On Trade in the Region

(23 August 2011) The present levels of volatility and uncertainty are affecting the performance of industrialized economies and could have repercussions on exports from Latin America and the Caribbean. The principal changes to the international economic scenario and trade behaviour in the region are analysed in a new ECLAC report, which will be presented on Tuesday 30 August.

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, will present the Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy  2010-2011 report at a press conference to be held at 12 noon at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

This edition of the report, one of the most important ECLAC annual studies, will give a summary of regional trade development in 2010 and its main perspectives for 2011. It will address the following issues, among others:

• The global economic outlook and its possible effects on international trade in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Economic and trade relations with the main partners in countries outside the region, in particular, the United States of America, the European Union, China and Asia-Pacific.
• The challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean to improve its international economic integration.

Media representatives are invited to attend the press conference which will take place at ECLAC headquarters (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile).

Information on the document and a press release will be made available on the ECLAC website on Tuesday 30 August.

Any queries should be addressed to the ECLAC Public Information and Web Services Section. E-mail: dpisantiago@cepal.org; Telephone: (56 2) 210 2040.

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