Although the government did not extend the State of Calamity and since October 1, Guatemala has been allowing the holding of events, fairs and concerts, the sector's businessmen believe that it is not profitable to hold meetings in which an area of 10 m2 per attendee is required.
When companies become addicted to meetings, it indicates poor management of working hours and decreases employee productivity by at least 30%.
If companies estimated the losses caused by a dozen employees, mostly senior ones, meeting four times a week they would think twice before giving in to "Meetingitis", the cultural tendency to schedule a meeting for every issue. The Mexican consultancy Expandiendo has estimated annual losses for a large business with these habits to be $42,000.
From August 18th to 20th local and international buyers and sellers from different sectors will be taking part in business meetings in Chiriqui, Panama in order to generate new business alliances.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama:
On July 2 in Guatemala City regional entrepreneurs will be meeting with their Mexican counterparts to explore business opportunities.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
In order to support SMEs starting to export or those who have already exported but want to diversify, AGEXPORT, through its Department of Promotion and Trade Information has created the Macro Rueda Central America and Mexico, with the aim of supporting improved competitiveness of SME's and linking them up to natural markets such as Central America and Mexico.
On March 18th the first business meetings in the International Fair in David will take place, to which companies from all productive sectors are invited to participate.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Chiriqui:
The International Fair in David and the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Chiriqui are inviting participation in the first Business Roundtable, exclusively for exhibitors in the exhibition event, from Wednesday March 18, 2015 to be held in the Diplomatic Room Rafael Galan from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Exporters from the sectors related to food, crafts, plastics, cosmetics and others will be taking a business trip to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic from 17 to 22 November.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT):
During the International Tourism Expo 2014 held in Panama, 3,276 business contacts were made between international wholesaler buyers and tourism businesses in the region.
From a statement by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP):
The activity which will take place on July 3 seeks to bring together suppliers of goods and services in the production chain with exporters.
From a press release issued by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters:
The Macro Conference on Multisectoral Products and Services, which is being organized by the Department of Promotion and Trade Information at AGEXPORT in its 3rd edition aims to be the largest network of providers nationwide for Guatemalan exporters. The event which will take place on July 3, 2014, will involve more than 20 buyers interested in agricultural, manufacturing and services.
In the V Business Roundtable on Construction Materials and Finishes the value of contracts signed in Panama was $560,000 and this amount is expected to be doubled in the short term by deals yet to be finalised.
Organized by the export promotion agency ProexportColombia, the business conference recently held in Panama gathered together 62 Colombian exporters and 73 Central American companies, with 80% of the Panamanian buyers.
International bureaucrats are touring Central America offering up the ALADI as a means of doing business with South American countries, while the president of Argentina is preventing firms in her country from using ports in Uruguay.
Editorial
Our comments are the same as they were one year ago when Uruguayan diplomats toured the area in order to promote a free trade agreement with Mercosur; in terms of trade integration, South America is a bag of cats where what prevails is the will of two giants, Brazil and Argentina, with the aggravating circumstance that the current government of President Fernández de Kirchner, in the exact same manner as his deceased predecessor Néstor Kirchner, manages and controls Argentinian international trade by pandering to the needs of immediate populist policies, regardless of the agreements they have signed.
Companies in the sector will meet in Costa Rica from January 27th-29th to explore business opportunities.
The aim of the meeting is to attract business partnerships and identify business opportunities between companies in the sector in the region.
The program will offer all participants the opportunity to enroll, identify and apply for one to one meetings with other participants before the event begins. Meeting times, based on these decisions will be pre-arranged.
On 20 and 21 May, representatives from more than 20 countries in America will discuss in El Salvador the features of this tool and its influence on foreign trade.
From a press release issued by the Ministry of Economy in El Salvador:
El Salvador has been selected as the site to host the Third Meeting of Single Foreign Trade Windows, an event that is sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and will be attended by representatives from 27 countries of Latin.
In preparation for his visit to the region, the U.S. president is meeting with business leaders who have a "significant presence" in Mexico and Central America.
According to the White House, the goal is to talk with employers, before his trip to the region next week, about "opportunities to expand U.S. trade with Mexico and Central America", with the goal of creating jobs and "reducing barriers to growth" in the region.
Proexport gathered together 46 Colombian exporters and 59 Central American buyers in a business conference in Panama.
From the press release published by Proexport of Colombia:
The IV Business Roundtable on Building Materials in Panama, organized by Proexport, finished with business expectations of $27.4 million for the Colombian business sector, informed the president of Proexport, Maria Claudia Lacouture.
The industrial trade fair in Guatemala conducted 1,120 business meetings in which deals worth $100 million were struck.
The figure exceeded the $15 million originally expected by its organizer, the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry, and it was visited by 8,000 people, 2,000 more than expected.
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