The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, made a presentation during a high-level seminar on the challenges that the crisis arising from the coronavirus poses for both parties.
La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, Alicia Bárcena, envió una carta dirigida a los presidentes Manuel Andrés López Obrador y Donald Trump en la que expresa su solidaridad ante la tragedia ocurrida el pasado sábado 3 de agosto.
The document “Productive Links in North America” analyzes trade and investment between the three nations, without addressing migratory flows, although it recognizes their importance in terms of development.
Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena, envió una carta dirigida a los Presidentes Donald Trump, de los Estados Unidos de América, y Mauricio Macri, de la República Argentina.
A study by ECLAC also indicates that around one third of foreign direct investment in the region came from that North American country in the last decade.
Latin America and the Caribbean remains a major trading partner for the United States and one of the main destinations for foreign direct investment, ECLAC’s report says.
Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present this document on 22 September at a press briefing, where she will also explain the latest contributions of the regional organization to the debate on climate change.