The regional workshop addressed the main conclusions and recommendations of the analytical studies and the sub regional workshops concerning the relationship between sustainable development, trade, investment, environmental goods and services and intellectual property rights.  In particular, it sleeked to examine how, in practice, international trade rules and provisions (regarding investments and intellectual property rights) impact sustainable development objectives in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.

	Agenda

	Lista de participantes

	Resumen y conclusiones

	Documentos del proyecto

	Module I: Sustainable development in the framework of new trade rules

	Trends and environmental sensitivity of Latin American and Caribbean export pattern The approach to environmental issues in trade negotiations Trade-supported strategy for sustainable development The importance of environmental goods and services for sustainable development

	Module II: Sustainable development in investment treaties

International investment rules and disciplines Substantive issues in investors-State disputes

	Module III: Intellectual property rights and sustainable development

	Agreements on Intellectual Property Rights and sustainable development The state of art in bilateral and multilateral initiatives

	Presentations

Evolución del perfil exportador de América Latina y el Caribe: tendencias y sensibilidad ambiental Sra. Marianne Schaper División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos, CEPAL Comentario: Sensibilidad ambiental del perfil exportador de ALC Sr. Nano Mulder DCII, CEPAL El tratamiento del tema ambiental en los Tratados de Libre Comercio Bilaterales Sr. Jorge Cabrera Medaglia Asesor legal, InBio, Costa Rica Evaluación ambiental de los impactos de Acuerdos Comerciales Recent Chilean trade policy facing Asia: assessment of FTAs with China and Japan Sr. Carlos de Miguel División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos, CEPAL Impactos del TLC sobre la agricultura del Ecuador Sr. César Morales Consultor CEPAL, Chile Propiedad intelectual, Biodiversidad y los Tratados de Libre Comercio Sr. Jorge Cabrera Medaglia Asesor legal, InBio, Costa Rica Las reglas y disciplinas internacionales en materia de inversiones Los temas sustantivos en las controversias inversionista-Estado Sr. Marcos Orellana CIEL, Washington D.C. Las disposiciones pertinentes para el desarrollo sostenible de la OMC Sr. Patricio Grané International Trade and Dispute Resolution Group de Sidley Austin LLP, Washington D.C. Los acuerdos de propiedad intelectual y el desarrollo sostenible Sr. Jorge Cabrera Medaglia Asesor legal, InBio, Costa Rica