Homepage

Select a Country

Business Multimedia

Business Podcasts
Business Video Interviews
Latin America Podcasts

Other Resources

Incoterms
Tips for Importers
Learn Spanish
Business Spanish
Accounting Terms in Spanish
Import/Export Books

Legend

In EnglishIn English
In SpanishIn Spanish
In PortugueseIn Portuguese
In FrenchIn French
In DutchIn Dutch
Some FeesSome fees

Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional

Latin America Trade Resources

Doing Business in Brazil

Date: November 17, 2009
Location: Offices of Miller Thomson, LLP - 11th Floor, Robson Court, 1000-840 Howe St, Vancouver BC
Time: 8:30 am until 12:00 pm
Limited Space! Register online
Sponsored by Miller Thomson, LL

Latin America Trade -- What's New

Recent Articles and News on International Trade

Bright Future for Panama - September 23, 2009

Trade hubs the world over have been pummelled by the global recession. World trade flows are forecast to fall 12% this year, many times the drop in global GDP. One wouldn’t expect this context to be very kind to Panama. But the country whose tiny size is its greatest asset is holding its own. Watch the video or read the story

Andean Region Holds Promise

When it comes to Canadian exports, the Andean region – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela – is not likely top-of-mind. But Canadian exporters and investors have been very active in the region in recent years, and there is much potential for growth well into the future.

Last year, Canada exported $2.1 billion worth of goods to the region. What is more, 2008 growth was about double Canada’s average, at an impressive 19%. This was no flash in the pan, either – growth has maintained a solid, double-digit pace in each of the last four years. Not only that, but over the same period, Canada also saw consistently strong growth in each of the five markets. (watch video, read full story)

Canada Signs Free Trade Agreement with Colombia

Canada Colombia Sign Free Trade AgreementCanada and Colombia signed a free trade agreement, parallel agreements on labour cooperation and the environment, as well as a double taxation convention. This free trade agreement will open up significant opportunities for Canadian businesses and exporters in Colombia.

Canada-Peru: Conclusion of free trade negotiations

Minister Emerson met with Mercedes Aráoz Fernández, Peruvian Minister of International Trade and Tourism, on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to mark the conclusion of negotiations toward a free trade agreement with Peru, which began in July 2007.

Map of South America

Map of South America

Exports to South America Booming - (listen to the story here)

Canada's exports have been stuck in low gear for some time, and the strong dollar and U.S. slowdown point to more weakness ahead. But our exports to South America are booming.

It has only been seven years since much of South America was in the throes of financial crisis. For Argentina, which avoided devaluation back in 1999, only to succumb three years later, the recovery has been even more recent. (full story)

Globalization Strategies that Work for SME's

While the prospect of competing globally can seem a little daunting for entrepreneurs, Bruce McConnell believes that SMEs can succeed if they focus on two key areas. (full story)

Your Next Big Thing: Canada's hottest export markets

Look beyond our borders and you'll find almost limitless demand for canuck products and services in the fastest-growing major export markets on earth*. Here's where International Trade Canada sees the best opportunities. (full story)

Your Export Checklist

New Survey Paints a Vivid Picture of US Latinos

Washington -- American Latinos have a growing sense of pan-ethnic identity in addition to their sense of being Americans, overwhelmingly want to learn English but also want to pass Spanish to the next generation, and tend to assimilate rapidly into American culture. These are among the most significant findings of a new survey of Latino Americans that offers the broadest understanding to date of Latino political and social life in the United States. (full story)

Latin America Looks to 2007

New governments, especially in the Andean countries, are looking for different options to neo-liberalism and the free market approach that has dominated economic and political thinking in the region for years. (full story)

Copper and Chile, for Better or for Worse

Copper and Chile go together like Jack and Jill. They both have gone up the hill together, but it is legitimate to ask how things will turn out for Jill when Jack tumbles down the hill.

The facts are straightforward enough. Chile exports fine wines, fresh fruits, farmed salmon and lots of other mining output, but copper makes up around half of all its exports. This has quite an impact on GDP – during 2005, copper exports contributed 16% of Chilean GDP, and lately that figure has been around 23% (full story)

Reducing Risk in the Global Market

Canadian manufacturers are either born as exporters, grow to be exporters or will simply have it thrust upon them. That's the reality of doing business in Canada today, says Edmée Métivier, Executive Vice-President, Financing and Consulting for BDC.(full story)

Ratio Calculators

Trade Agreements