Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 NSS Conference: June 2-4, 2008 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 NSS Conference: June 2-4, 2008 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Introduction Overview of Canada’s Investment in LAC Current Issues in LAC Opportunities for Canadian companies Standards in a Global Economy

CDI Stock Abroad by Geographic Area (millions of C$)

Canada’s Trade with Latin America (minus Mexico)

Rest of LAC Peru Chile Cuba Colombia Venezuela Brazil Destination of Canadian Exports to LAC, Top 6 – (Excluding Mexico)

Canadian Companies Present in Latin America

Top 25 imports from LAC Gold in Unwrought form (non-monetary) Crude Petroleum Oils Unrefined Copper Aluminum oxides Airplanes and other aircrafts Copper ores Cane sugar - Raw Other Minerals such as iron and copper, and food products such as bananas, coffee grapes and Orange Juice

Current Agreements FIPA w/Argentina FTA and FIPA w/Costa Rica NAFTA FTA w/Peru (pending ratification) FTA and FIPA w/Chile Exploring FTA w/Dominican Republic FIPA w/Uruguay FIPA w/Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and Barbados FIPA w/Ecuador Exploring FTA w/C4 Exploring FTA w/ CARICOM FIPA w/Peru (pending ratification) Negotiations ongoing with Colombia FIPA and Exploring FTA w/Panama

China’s Total Trade with Top 5 LAC Countries, US$mil

A decade of Change Growing Economies –Brazil –Peru –Colombia Stable Democracies Stronger Institutions: rule of law and good governance

What is Missing? 1. More Sophisticated Understanding of the Market –False assumptions about the region and missed opportunities. –Less extreme opportunities, e.g., Uruguay

What is Missing? 2. Corporate Social Responsibility –CSR is not missing, rather under-emphasized –Should be a Canadian competitive advantage Canadian firms 25% of CIDA spending –Government needs to support CSR activities Falconbridge, PlaceDome, Glamis Canadian Private Sector and Government Spending on Development/CSR – Guatemala, Chile, T&T, 2005

Opportunities for Canadian companies in LAC Sectors previously explored: –Extractive Industry –Financial Sector and Insurance –Manufacturing –Management of Companies and Enterprise Other Areas to consider: Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Information Technology

Standards In Latin America Looking out for WTO – SPS and TBT compliance Assisting partner countries to achieve international standards. Making products together: global supply chain.