GBF Latin America 2019 sessions: Find the Gap – Realizing New Trade and Investment Potential

Business relations between the Arabian Gulf and Latin America have grown seven times since 2000, but research commissioned by IDB for GBF Latin America Panama shows there is substantial room for increased trade and investment in new areas. While food, commodities, logistics and real estate businesses in the two regions are actively collaborating, other sectors such as pharmaceuticals and industrial products are exported and imported internationally, but overlooked by Latin America and Gulf producers and exporters. In this session, we discuss how the two regions can exploit these trade gaps to boost trade and investment levels. Speakers H.E. Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic Fabrizio Opertti, Manager Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, USA Shunko Rojas, Former Undersecretary for International Trade, Member of Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum, Argentina Moderator: Fiona Mackie, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, Economist Intelligence Unit, UK