Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)


Interregional Cooperation in Trade and Investment
Asia-Latin America (ST/ESCAP/2069)




CONTENTS
Foreword

Abbreviations and acronyms
  1. Report of the Seminar
    1. Organization of the Seminar
    2. The background studies
    3. Summary of conclusions and recommendations

    Annex: List of participants

  2. Imperatives for south-south cooperation in the multilateral
    trading system
    1. Background
    2. Factors affecting negotiations at Seattle
    3. Ideas about cooperation among developing countries
    4. Other forms of cooperation among developing
      countries of Asia and Latin America
    5. Other possibilities for trade cooperation among
      developing countries

  3. Trade and investment promotion between Asia and the Pacific
    and Latin America: Present position and future prospects

    4. Introduction
    1. Overview of LAIA trade
    2. Overview of Asian and Pacific trade
    3. Market-access liberalization in Asia and the Pacific
    4. Intra-industry trade between Asia and the Pacific
      and Latin America
    5. Latin America and the international flow of capital
    6. Conclusions and recommendations

    Annex: Country codes for tables11 and 18

  4. Investment opportunities in Latin America and Asia and
    the Pacific
    1. Trends in flows of foreign direct investment
      between Asia and the Pacific and Latin America
    2. Sector-specific trends for FDI flows
    3. Sector-specific trends in FDI flows between
      Asia and the Pacific and Latin America
    4. Policy hurdles, economic and non-economic
      impediments hindering investment flows
    5. Participation of East Asian and Latin American
      companies in regional processes: economic and
      non-economic impediments hindering investment flows
    6. Opportunities for Latin American investors in
      the Asian and Pacific region and for Asian
      and Pacific investors in Latin America and the
      Caribbean
    7. Sector-specific investment opportunities for
      Latin American investors in East Asia and for
      East Asian investors in Latin America
    8. Role of the government and the private sector
      in promoting interregional cooperation

  5. Foreign direct investment in Latin America: Current trends and future prospects
    1. Overview
    2. Current trends of foreign direct investment in
      Latin America
    3. Determinants of increased FDI in the 1990s
    4. The public policy envioronment for private
      sector development
    5. The impact of exchange rates and macroeconomic
      policies on FDI
    6. The impact of educational attainment on FDI
    7. The consequences of FDI
    8. Prospects for FDI in Latin America

    Annex: Measuring FDI flows

  6. Present and future of the integration process between
    Asia and Latin America: the role of the private sector
    1. Proposals for private sector inveolvement in the
      integration process
    2. General proposals for enhancing links
    3. Specific proposals for enhancing links
    4. Role of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce
    5. Conclusions

  7. The Latin American approach to Asia and the Pacific
    1. Economic integration between Asia and the
      Pacific and latin America
    2. Evolution of regional institutions
    3. Likelihood of closer interregional partnerships
      for Asia and the Pacific with Latin America
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Last updated: 25 June 2001