Displaying items by tag: trade
Digital platform launched to improve trade in Central America
El Salvador currently holds the pro tempore presidency of the Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA), and in this context a tool was launched in the country that will help facilitate intra-regional trade and beyond Central American borders, called "the Plataforma Digital de Comercio Centroamericana (PDCC)”.
Salvadoran Johanna Hill is the new WTO Deputy Director General
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has announced the appointment of Johanna Hill of El Salvador as the new Deputy Director-General.
Trade with Honduras facilitated through Advance Goods Declaration
Last year, El Salvador exported more than US$1 billion worth of goods to Honduras, making it the third largest destination market for total exports. El Salvador also purchased US$960 million worth of goods from Honduras, making it the fifth largest supplier of inputs and goods to the country.
75 million loan for Trade and Investment Facilitation voted for
The Treasury Committee voted in favor of subscribing a US$75 million loan agreement with the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) for the Program for the Transformation of El Salvador's Business Climate through Trade and Investment Facilitation.
Tackling fragmentation where trade and debt matter most: IMF
Policymakers and business leaders gathered these days at the World Economic Forum in Davos face a Gordian knot of problems.