"Real economic growth and sustainable development will require a more fully integrated region up and down the isthmus," underlined AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.

"Eliminating corruption altogether and jailing 100 percent of the perpetrators is almost impossible, but jailing one or two big names can also go a long way,” pointed out AS/COA’s Brian Winter.

“Estamos construyendo cosas juntos y eso es muy importante…[El TLCAN] es una cadena de suministro integrada que respalda miles y miles, millones de trabajos de la clase media,” subrayó Susan Segal de AS/COA ante una eventual negociación del tratado trilateral.

La tasa de inversión cerró en 27,5 % en el tercer trimestre de 2016 pese a la caída de los precios del petróleo, destacó el Ministro de Hacienda, Mauricio Cárdenas, durante el foro de AS/COA en Bogotá.

“The world views of the presidents of Argentina and Mexico are broadly consistent with [those of Angela Merkel] in terms of some of the global issues, whether it’s climate change or financial management,” said AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth. 

"We want to see a fall in debt in terms of GDP, not just that it stabilizes, more efforts are needed [in Colombia],” said Fitch’s Sovereign Ratings Director Richard Francis at AS/COA’s conference in Bogotá.

El Director de calificaciones soberanas de Fitch, Richard Francis, habló sobre la deuda colombiana al margén de un foro económico de AS/COA en Bogotá.