REGIONAL SEMINAR: “ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS”
Caracas, Venezuela. March  21,  2011

OBJECTIVES

  1. Analyze the status and prospects of the economic relations – including trade in goods and services, money remittances, investments and cooperation – between the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean in the first two years of the Obama Administration.
  2. Encourage an exchange of ideas and proposals among representatives of the Member States, in order to assess possible implications for mutual economic relations resulting from the U.S. Congress elections in November 2010, and the slowdown and/or contradictions of the U.S. economic recovery.
  3. Identify the main areas or sectors of interest and/or conflict for the region in its economic relations with the U.S., and the implications of the U.S. Congress elections in late 2010 for mutual trade relations.