New International Services Trade Agreement (ISA)

 

A group of 20 trading partners – the US, Canada, the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Israel, Pakistan and Turkey – will start soon negotiations on a new International Services Agreement (ISA).

 

Please find more information following the next link.

 

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Canada & Mexico Invited to Join to Pacific-Trade Talks

Canada and Mexico were invited to join nine nations negotiating a Multi-Nation Pacific Trade Agreement.

The other nine countries included in the negotiones are U.S., Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

 

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Pacific Alliance – A New Trading Bloc

6 June 2012

 

The new Alliance includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, and are aiming others to join, in particular Panama and possibly Costa Rica.

 

The Latin America knows several forms of ambitious economic and political integration blocs in recent years, from which we count:

– Latin American Integration Association (known as ALADI or, occasionally, by the English acronym LAIA)

– Central American Integration System (Spanish: Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana SICA)

– Mercosur or Mercosul (Spanish: Mercado Común del Sur, Portuguese: Mercado Comum do Sul, Guaraní: Ñemby Ñemuha, English: Common Southern Market)

– The Union of South American Nations (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties – UZAN, Portuguese: União de Nações Sul-Americanas – UNASUL, Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas – UNASUR)

– The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Spanish: Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, CELAC, Portuguese: Comunidade de Estados Latino-Americanos e Caribenhos, French: Communauté des États Latino-Américains et Caribéens)

– The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina – CAN)

Colombia & Mexico Join the OECD’s Multilateral Tax Pact

23 May 2012

 

Colombia has signed, and Mexico has deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters developed jointly by the OECD and the Council of Europe. The Convention is multilateral instrument available for tax co-operation and exchange of information and it helps counter cross-border tax evasion and ensures compliance with national tax laws.

 

 Colombia also adhered to:

–          the OECD’s Declaration on Propriety, Integrity, Transparency in the Conduct of International Business and Finance,

–          the OECD’s Declaration on Green Growth

–          the OECD’s Recommendation on Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

 

More here.