With an eye to the recent conflict in Peru's Amazon region, the Council of the Americas hosted a June 18 briefing in Washington by Peru’s Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Valdivieso.
AS/COA hosted a panel discussion on April's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. White House Advisor for the Summit of the Americas Jeffrey Davidow and Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN Heraldo Muñoz talked about how the summit can move forward trade, energy, and economic policy while reinvigorating Washington's relationship with the hemisphere.
At an AS/COA post-U.S. election discussion, President of the Inter-American Development Bank Luis Alberto Moreno explained that the next U.S. administration should not "be blinded by old stereotypes" when engaging with Latin America.
In the latest Americas Quarterly: Memos to the President-Elect, President Michelle Bachelet of Chile says "The world is ripe for a renewed and strengthened multilateralism, and the support of the
“Trade agreements are not gifts of the United States [to another country] but gifts that we give ourselves,” said U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab. In a period of economic uncertainty, trade is an important driver of re-energizing economic growth, she emphasized at the 2008 Washington Conference on the Americas.
The North American Competitiveness Council provided a report on April 22 at the North American Leaders Summit in New Orleans. The report argues that government and business leaders must work harder to broaden public understanding of the benefits that flow from liberalized trade and investment within North America.
In an exclusive AS/COA interview, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos discusses how ratification of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will create jobs and further strengthen economic growth and security.