During an August summit of North American leaders in Canada, the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)—a trilateral council of business leaders representing the private sectors of Canada, Mexico, and the United States—offered recommendations on border-crossing facilitation, standards and regulatory cooperation, and energy integration. To download the report, click here. For more about the NACC, click here.

Sign up now to attend the Council of the Americas' premiere event held in the nation's capital: The 37th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas. The Conference, to be held May 1-2, 2007, at the U.S. State Department and Inter-American Development Bank, will bring together approximately 250 of the most influential business and political figures of the Western Hemisphere to discuss current and future trends in the region. For more information contact: Stephanie Akers, sakers@as-coa.org or call (202) 659-8989.