Information Session: Latin America’s Entry in the Global Offshore Service Industry

9 April 2013

13:00 - 03:00 hrs. Room XXVI, Palais des Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

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Organized by UNCTAD/Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Programme Timetable

11:00 - 11:10	Welcoming remarks by Mr. Guillermo Valles, Director, Division of International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD
11:10 - 11:40	Presentation by Mr. Nanno Mulder, Economic Affairs Officer, International Trade and Integration Division, ECLAC
11:40 - 11:55	Discussant: Masataka Fujita, Head, Investment Trends and Issues Branch, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD - Foreign direct investment and trade in global value chains with special attention to services: preliminary findings
11:55 - 12:10	Discussant: Mr. Juan Marchetti, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, WTO - Implications of recent trends regarding offshoring for trade negotiations in services
12:10 - 13:00	Open discussion

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Latin America’s Entry in the Global Offshore Service Industry

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