2nd Meeting for Latin America
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Infrastructure and services for trade and investment - key elements of competitiveness” The first meeting of The Trade and Investment Promotion Agencies of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Rio de Janeiro on December, 14 – 16, 2007 under the initiative of APEX-BRAZIL. This first meeting promoted a discussion about the importance and the necessity of inter-regional trade as a key element of economic growth in the region. In this context, El Salvador, through the Comisión Nacional de Promoción de Exportaciones e Inversiones – CONADEI (National Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Investments), which brings together the agencies EXPORTA El Salvador and PROESA, proposed to host a second meeting to discuss the issues related to the inter-regional trade, and in particular Infrastructure and Services for Trade and Investment, the Key Elements of Competitiveness. Challenges and opportunities in the region were tackled with regard to the infrastructure and services for trade facilitation. Trade promotion organizations from other regions were invited, primarily organizations of the Caribbean countries