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A publication of The Canadian Council for the Please click on each headline for this week's top stories. Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events Canadian Council for the Americas 1. Lunch Presentation by Mr. Michael Lee Chin, Chairman of AIC Ltd. Toronto - Canada 3. Pre-Global Petroleum Show, June 6-7, 2008 Montreal - Canada 4. The International Economic Forum of the Americas - The Great Transition: Mastering Change Uruguay, Argentina and Chile 5. Canadian Energy Mission to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile Guanajuato - Mexico 6. NASCO Conference 2008: Moving North America Forward Monterrey - Mexico 7. Women's Trade Mission to Monterrey, Mexico October 21 - 24, 2008 Bogotá - Colombia 8. 2nd Andean and Central America Energy Congress 2008
Special Announcements 9. Secretary of State Guergis to Visit El Salvador, May 12-14, 2008
Regional News 2. Costa Rica Strives for Carbon Neutrality 4. IDB Approves US$100 Million to the Bahamas for New Providence Transport Program 5.South American Presidents Meet on New Bloc as Mistrust Builds Trade Missions, Seminars
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To attend this event please, click here to download the registration form. Fax the completed form to (416) 595-8226. The Monday, May 26, 2008 8:30 Registration Canadian Trade Commissioner Attending Business Opportunities
If you are available to join us for this briefing and round table on the The International Trade Branch, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is pleased to invite you to attend the pre-Global Petroleum Show in Toronto. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT), in partnership with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (FAITC), is bringing together Ontario oil and gas suppliers and buyers at the pre-GPS in Toronto on June 6-7 2008 June 6-7, 2008 Deadline for registrations is May 30, 2008 Click here to download the invitation Montreal - Canada The International Economic Forum of the The International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of Montréal has as its principal mission the promotion of wide-ranging and completely open discussion of the major international economic issues. It also aims at facilitating the creation of contacts between representatives of businesses, governments and international agencies as well as members of the academic world and civic society, thereby encouraging international exchanges. The 14th edition will be held under the general theme of The Great Transition: Mastering Change Date: June 9 - 12, 2008 Click here for more information about the conference Uruguay, Argentina and Chile CANADIAN ENERGY MISSION TO URUGUAY, ARGENTINA AND CHILE June 8 - 13, 2008 The International Trade Missions Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) is For more information: Contact Karen Sleiman at 613-996-8546 e-mail karen.sleiman@international.gc.ca or Pierre Chalifour at 613-944-1227 e-mail pierre.chalifour@international.gc.ca THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 16, 2008 Guanajuato - Mexico NASCO
Conference 2008: Moving Guanajuato, Mexico Join more than 400 transportation, logistic and economic development specialists from across Mexico, United State and Canada at this dynamic annual conference in Mexico which will focus on key trade and transportation issues and opportunities for improved cooperation and economic partnership among the three North American countries joined by the International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor ( NASCO Corridor) For more complete
information on the conference and/or to register please visit www.nascogto.com Gustavo Zentner Monterrey - Mexico Organization of Women in International Trade Join Trade Mission to Mexico Deadline: June 30, 2008 (The earlier you register, the better, to ensure maximum time to plan most effective business matching for you.) Click here to view a complete invitation to the event. For information please contact: Gail Morris Bogotá - Colombia July 9th to 11th For more information visit: www.acaec2008.com Special Announcements Secretary of State Guergis to Visit El Salvador, May 12-14 2008 “ http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/geo/elsalvador-en.aspx Canadian International Development Agency http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/elsalvador-e
Summary of original article: " Germany and Mexico agreed on Monday to enhance political dialogue, economic and trade activities, as well as bilateral exchanges in technology, culture and science, Mexican officials said." In a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany appreciates the strategic pact made between Mexico and the European Union (EU). In recent years, commercial exchange between the two nations increased, specifically after the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement in 2000. Both leaders agree on ideas of multilateral cooperation and that industrialized and emergent countries share responsibility in facing global issues like climate change and the food shortage. For the full story, click here Costa Rica Strives for Carbon Neutrality Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said last week Monday. "The stated goal is to be the first neutral country as far as greenhouse gas emissions is concerned," said Energy and Environment Minister Roberto Dobles. "To get there, this administration is betting on halting deforestation and on the Plant a Tree project," he added, referring to an ongoing government initiative to plant as many trees as possible in the country. The project aims to "plant seven million trees this year, meaning that in our country there would be 1.5 trees for each Costa Rican. He added that in 2007 the country managed to plant five million trees, spurred by the desire to forestall an impending environmental catastrophe. "Climate change is the main threat facing humanity and, even so, the world still can't agree to fight this problem," Dobles said, adding that every country can help in the struggle, even a small nation like his own. IBM Opens World's First Center Dedicated to Helping Clients Manage and Archive Massive Amounts of Business Information – Mexico Summary of original article: IBM opened the world's first center specially designed to help clients with long-term management and archiving of massive amounts of business information in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday. According to an IBM press release, this comes "As part of IBM's New Enterprise Data Center strategy to help customers gain greater efficiency from their IT resources." The company is addressing the high demand in securely retaining digital information such as documents, email, video, audio, and medical files, and at a lower cost. Currently, worldwide file, database and email archive capacity is expected to compound annually at a rate of up to 73 per cent, totalling almost two trillion full filing cabinets of information. The press release also states, "Worldwide digital archive capacity is expected to increase at a nearly 60 percent compound annual growth rate by 2012 which is an 800 percent total increase in archive capacity over a five year period of time." For the full story, click here
Excerpt from original article: "The Inter-American Development Bank today announced the approval of a US$100 million loan to the Bahamas to support a program to improve transport in the island of New Providence. New Providence is home to 69% of the population of The Bahamas and its capital city, Nassau. The island has 1,600 kilometers of roads, the majority of them paved and in adequate condition, but the network’s capacity is insufficient for its growing volume of traffic. The 25-year IDB loan will assist the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in completing the New Providence Transport Program, which has an estimated total cost of US$162 million. …" For the full story, click here South American Presidents Meet on New Bloc as Mistrust Builds "Leaders of 12 South American nations will set aside growing mistrust and ideological divisions today in Brasilia to sign a treaty to create a continental bloc modeled on the European Union." The agreement to create the Union of South American Nations, or Unasur, is unlikely to bear fruit, given increased antagonism over Venezuela's alleged support for Marxist rebels in Colombia and the countries' divergent economic policies, said Michael Shifter, vice-president of the Washington-based policy group Inter- American Dialogue. ’Unasur is a pipe dream for now,’ Shifter said. ’The irony is that economic conditions in the region have never been riper for this sort of integration.' The summit marks the culmination of diplomacy started by Brazil in 2004 to unite the region's two main trading groups -- known as Mercosue and the Andean Community -- into a single bloc with gross domestic product of about $2 trillion. It also follows other efforts, most promoted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, to strengthen regional economic ties and counter U.S. influence. Those plans, such as a regional alternative to the International Monetary Fund known as the Bank of the South, are yet to yield concrete results. …" For the full story, click here This newsletter has been brought to you in part by
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