Dispute settlement mechanisms help to create a fairly predictable and accurate environment in which economic agents can pursue their activities in the international arena. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) has now been in operation for 10 years and it is fitting, at...
The FAL Bulletin is reverting to its original concept, that is, facilitation of trade in the broad sense. In the context of ECLAC, this is a topic covered by the International Trade Unit in the International Trade and Development Finance Division, to which the Transport Unit also belonged until i...
This article is a follow-up to the FAL Bulletin No. 167, in the sense that it considers developments in trade facilitation within WTO. Its focus, however, is exclusively on what has occured within WTO in this area. Emphasis is placed not only on expanding on, but also on updating the relevant ba...
The present and subsequent editions of the Bulletin will deal with the issue of road maintenance, its close connection with transport costs and its impact upon the international competitiveness of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. When roads are in poor condition, vehicle operatin...
El Centro para la Facilitación de Procedimientos y Prácticas en Administración, Comercio y Transporte (CEFACT) constituye una asociación de mutuo beneficio para los sectores público y privado. Para el sector privado, trabajar con los gobiernos en mejorar el comercio resulta importante para incre...
Este artículo complementa los contenidos del recientemente publicado Boletín FAL No. 201, que se refirió a las normas de origen en Acuerdos de Integración Económica (AIEs) suscritos por países Miembros de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI). En esta oportunidad se examina la rela...
Primera reunión en territorio europeo. La XIX Reunión de Directores Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y Portugal, se celebró en Palma de Mallorca, España, del 2 al 6 de noviembre de 1998. En la sesión de apertura, se resaltó la importancia de la reunión de ser la primera que se real...
Currently, the world meat trade is undergoing substantial changes as a consequence of the spread of transboundary animal diseases. These diseases have resulted in the implementation of trade embargoes applied nation-wide against infected countries, contrary to the principle of regionalization. Th...
As explained in issue No. 236 of the FAL Bulletin in April 2006, the origin procedures in economic integration agreements (EIAs) signed by Latin American countries pertain to the issuance of certificates of origin and to the verification of origin when a product is imported. While that issue focu...
A finales del 2004, los Miembros de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC) iniciaron formalmente negociaciones sobre la facilitación del comercio, sobre la base de las modalidades que figuran en el Anexo D del denominado "paquete de julio" del 2004. En el marco de ese mandato, se ha encomenda...
