1. Safeguards and Antidumping in Latin American Liberalization Introduction Michael Finger December 6, 2005

2. Objective Bring together persons with similar responsibilities in different countries share experiences, learn from each others’ experiences

3. Trade Reform as part of overall Economic Reform Privatization, deregulation, relax restrictions on foreign investment revise commercial codes, create a competitive environment in domestic markets Macroeconomic balance Exchange rate management Control inflation

4. Government – Industry Understanding Degree and amount of international competition Reference to WTO rules Technical – e.g., WTO rules – to replace political approach to decisions (Technical approach as support for liberalization)

5. Trade reform Import licensing, Quantitative restrictions, High tariffs, Special concessions Remove the burden import restrictions impose on exporters Discipline, stimulus to productivity provided by international competition

6. Managing the government – industry understanding in the context of: Requires mastery of technique – but is a broader issue of policy management An evolving understanding with industry Inexact rules Ministries within government having different priorities

7. Julio Nogués – Argentina Trade reform as part of overall reform – demands of stabilization (macroeconomic balance) on trade instruments The technical approach and the exchange rate – how supportive were WTO rules?

8. Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre – Mexico Sorting acceptable from unacceptable international competition Support for exporters subject to safeguard and antidumping investigations in other countries

9. Richard Webb – Peru Trade reform in the context of broader social and economic reform Peru’s institutional experience: to create and to preserve a competitive domestic economy

10. Crux of the conference Questions, Responses Audience suggestions: support or research that would be useful for you