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“The Outlook for CAFTA*:
Developing the
Caribbean Basin through Trade & Investment” |
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* U.S.- Central American Free Trade Agreement
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A Luncheon Briefing
by
Federico Sacasa
Executive Director
Caribbean Latin American Action
Washington, D.C. |
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Friday, October 17, 2003
12:00 Noon (11:30 a.m. reception)
The Plimsoll Club
World Trade Center of New Orleans
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage) |
- Federico Sacasa has been the
Executive Director of Caribbean Latin American Action (CLAA)
since April 2002. From 1988 to 2001, he worked for Bank of
America in a variety of senior management positions in San
Francisco, London, and Miami. Mr. Sacasa previously worked for
Banco de Credito del Peru (1982-1988), Wells Fargo Bank
(1975-1982) and Banco Nacional de Nicaragua (1972-1973). He
received an MBA from American University in 1975 and is a 1972
graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
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"Strengthening the Third
Border"
CLAA 27th Miami Conference on the
Caribbean Basin
December 8-10, 2003 Miami Beach,
Florida
This year’s conference, titled
"Strengthening the Third Border," will address the
key challenges faced by the small economies of the Caribbean
Basin in confronting worsening poverty for many of its people
and increased global competition for many of its businesses.
Defining the 21 CBI (Caribbean Basin Initiative) beneficiary
countries as the Third Border highlights the historical
strategic importance of the neighborhood to the national
security of the United States. The continued economic and
political stability of the region requires attracting
significant additional foreign investment to finance economic
development, as more traditional sources such as domestic
savings, government aid, multilateral assistance and bank
lending, are no longer sufficient. The conference will bring
together the key private and public sector decision makers in
a constructive dialogue to define the action steps needed to
accelerate the process of change currently underway in the
region. The conference speakers will include the heads of
state of the Bahamas, Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and
Panama, plus other high-level officials and business lenders
from the U.S. and the CBI countries. Visit www.claa.org
for more information. |
Caribbean Latin American Action (CLAA)
CLAA is playing a major role in the FTAA
process, mobilizing business and political leadership to advance
the economic reforms and Hemispheric free trade pledged at the
1994 Summit of the Americas. The organization is committed to a
comprehensive free trade agreement with the Caribbean Basin, the
critical first step being the negotiation of a U.S. - Central
American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
CLAA is host to the Miami Conference on
the Caribbean Basin, the premier annual gathering of its kind that
brings together senior public and private sector leaders from the
region, including Heads of State, to discuss trade, economic and
policy issues in the Caribbean Basin. This year’s Conference
will be held December 7-10 at the Loews Miami Beach.
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- Sponsoring Organizations
City
of New Orleans
The Irwin Brown Company
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
Airport
- Louisiana Economic Development
Port of New
Orleans
- Rodney Law Firm
- Schaffer & Associates International
World Trade Center of New Orleans
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- In Cooperation With
- Ark-La-Tex Regional Export &
Technology Center
Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
- Consular Corps of New Orleans
- International Freight Forwarders
& Customs Brokers Association
- International Trade Council/Red
River Region
- Louisiana District Export Council
- Louisiana International Trade
Center/SBDC
- Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
- Louisiana Technology Council
- New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance
Center
Propeller Club, Port of New Orleans
- World Affairs Council of New
Orleans
World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans
Cost: $25 for members of the sponsoring organizations and
companies.
$30 for non-members.
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Registration and prepayment are
required by October 16, 10:00 a.m. |
If you are a WTC member, the registration fee can be
charged to your account number noted on the registration form.
All registrations on this site are done over
a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) line.
Click here
for driving directions to the WTC. |
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