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Module- American Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilisation (6

ECTS)

1- The Latin American Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilisation. 1. The Latin American subcontinent

2. Economic Profile of Latin American countries 3. Latin American businesspeople

4. Christianity in Latin America

5. Processes of Latin American economic integration of the Western Civilisation 6. Interactions of the Latin American Economic Area with other civilisations and

economic areas

2- The North American Economic Area 3- The Caribbean Economic Area

The main objective of the module is to define the characteristics of the American economic area of the Western Christian Civilisation and its three sub-areas: the North American, the Latin American, and the Caribbean.

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Subjects of the module

1- Introduction to the Latin American Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilisation - American

1. The South American sub-continent 2. Christianity in Latin America 3. Latin American countries 4. The economy of Latin America

2- The processes of Latin American economic integration of the Western Civilisation - American (Institutions, Agreements) and the interactions with other Civilisations.

2.1- Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 2.2- Integration in South America

1. Introduction to the MERCOSUR

2. The countries of the MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. 3. The incorporation of Bolivia (accession process) and Venezuela

4. Interactions of the MERCOSUR through Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with 1. The Christian Civilisation

i. European: the European Union (EU)

ii. Latin America: Chile, the Andean Community, Mexico, Peru 2. The Hindu Civilisation: India

3. With the Islamic Civilisation and/or African: Egypt 4. With Israel

5. Africa-BRICS (Brazil). The Southern African Customs Union (Not in force). 2.3- The case of Chile (40% of its foreign trade is with Asia)

1. Integration and FTAs of Chile with the Christian Civilisation

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2. North America: the United States and Canada

3. Europe: the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

4. FTA with Australia

2. Agreements with the Islamic Civilisation: FTA with Turkey

3. Agreements with the Sinic Civilisation-Buddhist: China, Japan, and South Korea 4. Agreements with the Hindu Civilisation: India

5. Inter-civilisational Agreements:

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

2. Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) 2.4- The Andean countries

1. The Andean Community

2. Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

3. Andean countries: Integration and Free trade agreements (FTA) with: 4. The Christian Civilisation - Latin America:

a. Agreements of the Andean Community with the MERCOSUR, Chile, Mexico, and Panama

b. ALADI (all the countries of the Andean Community), Chile-Ecuador

c. Colombia’s FTA: Mexico, Chile, CARICOM, the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras)

d. Peru’s FTA: the MERCOSUR, Chile 5. The Christian Civilisation - North American:

a. The United States: United States-Colombia, the United States-Peru b. Canada: Colombia-Canada, Peru-Canada

c. The Christian Civilisation - European: Association Agreement with the European Union (EU-Colombia, Peru), Colombia-European Free Trade Association

6. The Hindu Civilisation: India 7. The Orthodox Civilisation: Russia

8. The Sinic Civilisation-Buddhist: Andean Community-China. Peru’s FTAs with China, Singapore, and South Korea

9. Inter-civilisational Agreements of Peru: the APEC and TPP.

2.5- The case of Mexico: the Latin American country with most FTAs and member of the NAFTA. 1. The Mexican market

2. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of Mexico

3. Integration and FTA of Mexico with the Christian Civilisation:

1. Latin America: the ALADI, the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Chile, the MERCOSUR, the Andean Community, Peru, and Ecuador

2. North America: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

3. Europe: the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

4. Agreements of Mexico with the Sinic Civilisation-Buddhist: Japan 5. The agreement with Israel

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1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

2. The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) 2.6- Central America

1. The economy of Central America

2. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 3. Central American integration system (SICA)

4. Central American countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. The Dominican Republic

5. The case of Guyana and Suriname

6. Central America’s Free trade agreements (FTA) 7. Agreements with the Christian Civilisation

1. Latin America: agreements with Panama, Chile, and the Dominican Republic. Nicaragua and Costa Rica have an FTA with Mexico. Panama has an FTA with Chile. The Andean Community and Panama

2. The agreements of the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) with Mexico and Colombia

3. North American: the agreement CAFTA-DR (United States-Central America- Dominican Republic), Honduras-Canada, Canada-Costa Rica, Panama-Canada, the United States-Panama

4. The Caribbean: the Caribbean Community-Costa Rica

5. European: the Association Agreement with the European Union 8. Agreements with the Sinic Civilisation.

1. Taiwan has agreements with Honduras and El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama.

2. China-Costa Rica FTA 3. Singapore-Panama FTA

Other Institutions And Organisations Related To The Integration In Latin America

1. Organisation of American States (OAS) 2. Inter-American Development Bank (BID)

3. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 4. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

5. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) 6. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) 7. Mesoamerica project

8. Association of Caribbean States (ACS) 9. CARICOM

The Relationships of Latin America with Asia, the Muslim countries, and Africa

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Module- Globalisation and international institutions (6 ECTS)

1. Globalisation and regionalization 2. United Nations (UN)

3. World Bank (WB)

4. World Trade Organization (WTO) 5. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

6. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 7. International Chamber of Commerce

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_{Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)}

The objectives of the module “Globalisation.”

1. To understand Globalisation and international business:

2. To learn about trade liberalisation and the formation of the World Trade Organization

3. To know the positive and adverse effects of globalisation

4. To explore cultural, political, and environmental dimensions of globalisation 5. To know trends towards regionalism

6. To understand the various regional economic agreements and their relevance to both regional and world trade

7. To explore the historical development of the global trade over the last decades 8. To know the role of international institutions (WTO, IMF, WB) in the globalisation

process

Subject: Globalisation. Syllabus:

"The essence of globalisation is localisation" Zhang Ruimin, CEO of Haier (China)

1. Globalisation and international trade 2. Positive and adverse effects of globalisation 3. Historical background

4. Globalisation: International trade and financial markets

5. Cultural, political, and environmental dimensions of globalisation 6. Globalisation and international institutions:

1. United Nations

2. The World Trade Organization 3. World Bank

4. International Monetary Fund 5. The European Union.

7. Liberalization. The role of the World Trade Organization. 8. Regionalism

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11. BRICS countries. India and China.

12. World financial and economic crisis 13. Regional analysis:

1. Africa 2. Asia 3. Europe 4. America 5. Arab countries 14. Global food crisis 15. Anti-globalisation

16. Global Ethics and Globalisation Objectives of the Subject "Globalisation":

1. To learn about trade liberalisation and the formation of the World Trade Organization 2. To identify the positive and adverse effects of globalisation

3. To know the trends towards regionalism

4. To understand the various regional economic agreements and their relevance to both regional and world trade

5. To explore the historical development of the global trade over the last decades

Subject: United Nations. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the United Nations (UN) 2. Structure and organisation

3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) 4. Main bodies of the United Nations (UN) 5. Agencies, programs and subsidiary bodies 6. Specialized Agencies

7. Secretariat

8. ECOSOC- Economic and Social Council 9. United Nations System

10. Human Development

11. Millennium Development Goals 12. Global Compact of the United Nations

13. United Nations Convention against Corruption

14. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)

15. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956) The objectives of the subject "United Nations (UN)" are the following:

1. To understand the objectives and structure of the United Nations (UN) 2. To know the role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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4. To understand the role of United Nations on human development in the world 5. To know the specialised agencies, programs, agreements and subsidiary organs of the

United Nations

6. To analyse the role of the International Trade Centre (INTRACEN) of the United Nations 7. To knowing how to analyse the socio-economic information offered by different

portals of UN

Sub-subject - United Nations: Specialized agencies. Syllabus:

1. International Labour Organization (ILO) 2. UNESCO

3. World Health Organization

4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 5. International Civil Aviation Organization

6. International Maritime Organization

7. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 8. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 9. …

Subject - United Nations: Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Foreign direct investment (FDI).

2. Foreign Direct Investment Index.

3. Inward and outward index. Methodology. 4. World Investment Report.

Sub-subject: International Trade Centre (INTRACEN) - United Nations. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the International Trade Centre (INTRACEN). 2. Country information tool

3. Market analysis tools

4. Market development services

Subject: World Bank. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the World Bank (WB) 2. Organization of the World Bank 3. Member countries

4. The World Bank and the Millennium Development Goals 5. World Bank operations:

1. Fund generation 2. Loans

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6. World Bank projects

1. Profiles 2. Databases

3. Projects Lifecycle (Identification, preparation, appraisal, approval, implementation, completion, and evaluation)

7. Doing business with the World Bank

8. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 9. International Development Association

10. World development indicators

The objectives of the subject "World Bank (WB)" are to

1. Understand the objectives, structure, and functions of the World Bank 2. Identify areas of cooperation of the World Bank

3. Analyze World Bank loans

4. Know the affiliated institutions: the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation

5. To understand the functioning of World Bank projects

Subject: World Trade Organization (WTO). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the World Trade Organization (WTO)

2. From the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the World Trade Organization

3. Principles of the international trade system 4. Agreements of the World Trade Organization

1. Tariffs 2. Agriculture

3. Standards and safety 4. Textiles

5. Services

6. Intellectual property 7. Anti-dumping 8. Subsidies

9. Non-tariff barriers

5. General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 6. Regional trade agreements

7. Regionalism 8. Doha agenda 9. Environment 10. Investments 11. E-commerce

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The objectives of the Subject "World Trade Organization (WTO)" are the following:

1. To understand the aims of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

2. To learn about the importance of the General Agreement on Trade in Services 3. To understand the principles of the multilateral trading system

4. To analyse the agreements of the World Trade Organization (customs duties,

agriculture, services, import licensing procedures) and its implications for international trade

5. To explore the rules of customs valuation

6. To know how to interpret the report on the World Trade of the WTO 7. To understand the role of the International Trade Centre (ITC INTRACEN)

Subject: International Monetary Fund (IMF). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2. Member countries of the IMF

3. Organization of the International Monetary Fund

4. Main activities and goals of the International Monetary Fund 1. Surveillance

2. Assistance 3. Lending

5. Collaboration with other institutions (World Bank, World Trade Organization, United Nations)

6. Fight against money laundering (corruption) 7. Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

8. International Monetary Fund: globalisation and crisis. The role of the IMF in the global economic crisis.

9. World economic outlook

The objectives of the subject "International Monetary Fund (IMF)" are the following: 1. To understand the goals and organisation of the International Monetary Fund 2. To analyse key areas of activity of the IMF (supervision, technical, and financial

assistance)

3. To understand the concept of "Special Drawing Right (SDR)"

4. To know the IMF's role in the global economic crisis and global financial stability 5. To learn to use macroeconomic information provided by the IMF

6. To analyse the role of the International Monetary Fund in world trade

Subject: OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2. History of the OECD

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4. Analyses and studies of the OECD

5. OECD economic outlook

6. Introduction to the OECD anti-corruption measures

The objectives of the subject "The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)" are:

1. To understand the objectives and the structure of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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Module- Economic Organisations and Regional Integration In Latin

America (12 ECTS)

Main subjects of the module

1. The Economy and International Trade in Latin America [2] 2. Organisation of American States (OAS) [0.5]

3. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) [2] 4. Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) [2] 5. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) [1] 6. Pacific Alliance [0,1]

7. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) [0,5]

8. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) [0,3] 9. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) [0,3]

10. Mesoamerica Project [0,1]

11. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) [2]

12. Latin America-Asia Cooperation Forum (FEALAC) [0,1] 13. South America-Arab Countries Summit (ASPA) [0.5] 14. South America-Africa Summit (ASA) [0.5]

15. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in America Objectives of the module:

The main purpose of the “Diploma in Economics and Latin American Integration” is to provide an overview of the Latin American economy, the major economic institutions as well as Latin American integration agreements: Inter-American Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America, the Latin American Integration Association, Organisation of American States, the Union of South American Nations, Mesoamerica Project, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System, or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America.

NOTE: regional integration agreements (the MERCOSUR, the Andean Community, or the Central American Integration System) are discussed in another module.

Subject: Economy and Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean. Syllabus:

1. The Latin America economy.

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3. The effects of the global crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean.

4. The scenario after the crisis

5. Key challenges: innovation and technological change. 6. International Trade of Latin America

7. Economic relations between China and Latin America

8. The growing influence of China and other emerging economies. 9. Regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

10. Analysis of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean published by the ECLAC

Subject: Organisation of American States (OAS). Summit of the Americas. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Organisation of American States (OAS). 2. International Trade information system (SICE).

3. Trade agreements in America. 4. Summit of the Americas.

5. Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Subject: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Inter-American Development Bank. 2. Operational chart of the Bank

3. Member countries.

4. Integration of regional infrastructure in South America (IIRSA). 5. Case Study: Integration and development hubs in Latin America. 6. Inter-American Investment Corporation.

7. Multilateral Investment Fund.

8. Project cycle of Inter-American Development Bank: preparation, approval, implementation, completion, and evaluation.

Subject: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC CEPAL).

2. Objectives of ECLAC 3. Member countries.

4. History of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

5. Economic reports of the Economic Commission, Statistical Yearbook, and CEPALSTAT 6. Economic Development in Latin America

Subject: LAIA /ALADI (Latin American Integration Association). Montevideo Treaty. Syllabus:

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3. Institutional organisation of the Latin American Integration Association

4. Agreement on Reciprocal Payments and Credits. 5. Payment System in local currencies.

6. Economic profile of Latin American countries. 7. Customs Procedures in Latin American countries.

8. Nomenclature of the Latin American Integration Association 9. Latin American Free Trade Association

Subject: Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). 2. Member countries.

3. Organs of the UNASUR

4. Objectives of the Union of South American Nations. 5. Integration in South America.

Subject: Mesoamerica project (ex-Plan Puebla Panama). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Mesoamerica Project. 2. Background: ex-Plan Puebla Panama. 3. Meso-American countries.

4. Transport and Telecommunications in the Mesoamerica region

5. Case Study: International Network of Mesoamerican Highways and the Pacific corridor.

Subject: Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). 2. Latin American Council.

3. Digital information and knowledge centre.

Subject: ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) 2. Trade Treaty of the Peoples.

3. "Gran National" projects. 4. Case Study: PetroCaribbe. 5. Bank of ALBA.

6. Regional Clearing Unit System of Payments (SUCRE).

Subject: Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Pacific Alliance

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3. Organisational chart of the Pacific Alliance

4. Trade and Integration in the region of the Pacific Alliance (*) 5. Liberalisation of services and capitals. (*)

6. Integrated Latin American Market (MILA) (*) 7. Protection of Intellectual Property (*) (* Only available in Spanish)

Subject: Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Association of Caribbean States (ACS) (America). 2. Functions and organisation of Association of Caribbean States 3. Member countries

4. Greater Caribbean.

5. Trends in the Caribbean foreign trade

6. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in the Caribbean

Subject: Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC).

1. Introduction to Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). 2. Objectives and organisation of the FEALAC

3. Economic profile of the countries of the Forum Latin America - Asia 4. Latin America-Asian Economic and Trade Relations.

5. Manila Plan of Action.

Subject: Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) 2. Coordination structure of ASPA

3. Organisational Chart of ASPA

4. III Summit of Heads of State and Government of South American and Arab Countries 5. Lima Declaration

6. The sixth meeting of the council of senior officials of the summit South America - Arab Countries

7. Implementation Plan 2013-2016 Africa-South America 8. The UNASUR and the League of Arab States.

9. Brasilia, Rabat, and Doha Declarations

Subject: Africa-South America Summit/UNASUR - African Union. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Africa-South America Summit (ASA) 2. The III Africa-South America Summit

3. Africa-South America implementation plan 2013 - 2016 4. Round-table on infrastructure, energy, and transportation 5. Malabo Declaration

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7. The Declaration of Abuja and Nueva Esparta.

8. Marrakech Plan of Action

Subject: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Syllabus:

1- Introduction to APEC

1. Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ©. 2. The structure of the APEC

3. Bogor Goals.

4. Osaka Action Agenda.

5. Regional Trade and Investment Liberalisation. 6. Business Facilitation.

7. Economic and technical cooperation. 8. Achievements and benefits of APEC 9. Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) 10. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC) 2- APEC Committee on Trade and Investment.

1. Introduction to the Committee on Trade and Investment. 2. Principles for Cross-Border Trade in Services.

3. Principles on foreign trade facilitation. 4. Automotive and Chemical dialogue. 5. Business Mobility Group.

6. Investment. 7. Group on Services.

8. Intellectual Property Rights. 9. E-Commerce.

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12. Customs Procedures.

13. Standards and Conformance.

3- Economy, Trade, and Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region 4- APEC Telecommunications and information

5- APEC Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Regional Trade Agreements

The objectives of the subject “The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)” are the following:

1. To understand the Bogor goals and the functions of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

2. To assess the benefits for APEC member countries as well the areas of cooperation 3. To know the role of the Commission on Trade and Investment of APEC

4. To analyse the process of economic integration and trade among APEC member countries (Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific)

5. To understand the liberalisation of commerce, trade facilitation and investment flows between APEC countries

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Module- Business in South America

Structure of the module

Subjects of the module: "Doing Business in South America":

1- South America and the Latin American economic area of the Western Christian Civilisation 2- Doing Business in Chile

3- The MERCOSUR

4- Doing Business in Argentina 5- Doing Business in Paraguay 6- Doing Business in Brazil

1. The Brazilian Economy

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4. Doing Business in Sao Paulo, Rio do Janeiro, Espiritu Santo, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas

Gerais, and Santa Catarina

7- Doing Business in Uruguay 8- Doing Business in Venezuela

9- Doing Business in Bolivia (Accession process to the MERCOSUR) 10- Free trade agreements (FTA) related to South American markets

1. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of the MERCOSUR with con Chile, the Andean Community-MERCOSUR, Mexico, Peru, India, Egypt, Israel, the European Union 2. Brazil’s Free Trade Agreements, Uruguay (FTA), Paraguay (FTA), and Argentina (FTA) 3. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

4. Pacific Alliance

5. Agreement Mexico-Uruguay

6. Chile’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the Andean Community, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Central America, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Turkey, Panama, China, India, South Korea, Australia, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPP), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

7. Other regional institutions (summary)

1. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

2. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 3. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). 4. Summit of South America-Africa

5. Summit South America-Arab Countries 6. Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

7. Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) 8. Organisation of American States (OAS)

11- Introduction to Spanish and Portuguese 12- Business plan for South American markets Objectives of the module:

The main purpose of the module "Business in South America" is to provide an overview of the economy and business opportunities South America in order:

1. To learn to do business in South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela)

2. To know the business opportunities in the region 3. To understand how to negotiate in these countries.

4. To analyse foreign trade and foreign direct investment flows

5. To understand the importance of the MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market). 6. To know the Free Trade Agreements in South America.

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Subjects related to South America - Syllabus:

Subject: Doing Business in Chile. Syllabus:

Chile: regional leader in Latin America, mainly due to its democratic stability

1. Introduction to the Republic of Chile 2. The Chilean economy

3. Economic profile of the regions of Chile 4. Chilean International Trade

5. Doing Business in Santiago

6. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Chile 7. Case Study: Cencosud

8. Introduction to Spanish 9. Access to the Chilean market 10. Business plan for Chile

Chile-Organisations and Agreements

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 3. Chile-MERCOSUR

4. Pacific Alliance

5. Andean Community-Chile 6. Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPP)

7. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the United States, Canada, China, India, Korea, the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, and Turkey.

8. Chile has signed the OECD anti-corruption measures

Subject: The MERCOSUR. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market). 2. Treaty of Asuncion.

3. Administrative Secretariat. 4. New institutional phase.

5. The MERCOSUR political, economic, and commercial.

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9. The regime of Origin ROM of the MERCOSUR.

Subject: Doing Business in Argentina. Buenos Aires. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Republic of Argentina (South America). 2. The Argentinean economy.

3. Economic profile of the Argentine provinces. 4. International Trade of Argentina.

5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Argentina. 6. Case Study:

1. Automotive industry. 2. Biotechnology.

3. Software and Information Technology services. 4. Creative Industries.

7. Doing Business in Buenos Aires. 8. Case Study:

1. Audiovisual industry in Buenos Aires. 2. Arcor Group.

9. Introduction to Spanish

10. Access to the Argentinean market 11. Business plan for Argentina

Subject: Doing Business in Paraguay - Asuncion. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Republic of Paraguay (South America). 2. The Paraguayan economy.

3. Main economic sectors of the economy 4. Doing Business in Asuncion

5. Paraguayan International Trade. 6. Waterway Paraguay-Parana. 7. Introduction to Spanish

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Subject: The Brazilian Economy. The industrial and services sector in Brazil. Syllabus:

Brazil is the biggest market in Latin America (accounts for 50% of the economy in South

America)

1. Introduction to Brazil (South America). 2. The Brazilian Economy.

3. Industrial and services sector of Brazil 4. New Brazilian middle class.

5. Brazilian energy matrix. 6. Infrastructure in Brazil.

7. Economic profile of Brazilian States. 8. Oil and Gas sector in Brazil.

9. Electronics Industry and Semiconductors. 10. Information Technology

11. Business Process Outsourcing in Brazil.

12. Life Sciences sector (Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, and Healthcare). 13. Brazilian Economic and Financial Institutions.

14. Taxes in Brazil.

Sub-subject - Brazilian businesspeople. Syllabus:

1. John Robert Marinho

2. Safra, the richest banker in the world. 3. Antonio Moraes

4. Brazilian Companies

Sub-subject - The Safra family (Brazil, Judaism). Syllabus

1. The Brazilian banker Joseph Zafra 2. The Safra Bank in Brazil

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Sub-subject - John Robert Marinho - Globo Organisations. Syllabus:

1. The Brazilian businesspeople João Roberto Marinho 2. The group Organisations Globe

3. The Roberto Marinho Foundation

Sub-subject - Antonio Emilio of Moraes (Businessman and philanthropist, Brazil). Syllabus: 1. The Brazilian entrepreneur Antonio Emilio of Moraes

2. The Votorantim group

3. Philanthropic activities of Antonio Emilio of Moraes

Subject: Brazilian International Trade. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Brazil. Syllabus:

1. Brazil in the global economy. 2. Balance of payments of Brazil. 3. Brazilian International Trade

4. Expansion and diversification of Brazilian trade. 5. Regional Organisations.

6. Brazil's International Trade relations as a member of the MERCOSUR. 7. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Brazil.

8. Case Study: Investment opportunities in the Port Sector. 9. Foreign Trade Africa-BRICS (Brazil)

Subject: Africa-BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Cooperation. Syllabus

1. Introduction to the Africa BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Cooperation

2. Foreign Trade Africa-BRICS.

3. Opportunities and challenges of the Africa-BRICS cooperation 4. Foreign direct investment Africa-BRICS

5. Aid - Development assistance

6. Major trends in the Africa-BRICS Cooperation

7. Implications for growth, employment, and structural transformation

Subject: Doing Business in Sao Paulo. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the State of Sao Paulo, "Brazil's locomotive". 2. The economy of Sao Paulo.

3. Industry and services. 4. Key sectors of the economy:

1. Agribusiness 2. Automotive 3. Plastics 4. Capital Goods 5. Pharmaceutical 6. Oil and Gas

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8. Biotechnology

9. Financial Services.

5. Foreign Trade of Sao Paulo: Imports and Exports. 6. Campinas: the Brazilian Silicon Valley.

7. São José dos Campos, the Brazilian aeronautics capital. 8. Santos: the biggest seaport in Latin America.

9. Key institutions in Sao Paulo. 10. Case Study:

1. Votorantim Group. Antonio Moraes 2. Safra, the richest banker in the world.

Subject: Doing Business in the state of Espirito Santo - Vitoria. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the state of Espiritu Santo (Brazil). 2. The economy of Espiritu Santo.

3. International Trade.

4. Business Opportunities in Espiritu Santo. 5. Doing Business in Vitoria

6. Case Study:

1. Coimex Group. 2. Heringer Group.

Subject: Doing Business in Minas Gerais (Brazil)-Belo Horizonte. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil).

2. Doing Business in Belo Horizonte 3. The economy of Minas Gerais. 4. International Trade of Minas Gerais. 5. Business Opportunities in Minas Gerais. 6. Case Study:

1. Vale. 2. CEMIG.

Subject: Doing Business in Rio do Janeiro. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the State of Rio do Janeiro (Brazil - South America). 2. The economy of Rio do Janeiro

3. International Trade. 4. Strategic Sectors in Rio:

1. Energy 2. ITC

3. Creative Industries 4. Hospitality

5. Industry.

5. Olympic and Paralympics Games, Rio 2016.

6. Business Opportunities in Rio: Petrochemical, Steel, Energy, Tourism, Logistics, and Shipbuilding.

7. Case Study: 1. Petrobras.

2. Port Maravilha Project. 3. Acu Port Complex 4. EBX Group.

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Subject: Doing Business in Santa Catarina- Florianopolis - Blumenau. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the State of Santa Catarina (Brazil). 2. Economy and International Trade of Santa Catarina. 3. Business in Florianopolis and Blumenau.

4. Case Study: 1. WEG. 2. Cia Hering. 3. Sadia.

Subject: Doing Business in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). 2. The economy of Rio Grande do Sul.

3. Business Opportunities in Rio Grande do Soul. 4. International Trade

5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Rio Grande do Sul. 6. Case Study: Agricultural equipment sector.

7. Doing Business in 1. Porto Alegre 2. Caxias do Sul 3. Pelotas. 8. Case Study:

1. Gerdau 2. Marcopolo.

Subject: Brazil’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and International Relations. Syllabus:

1. MERCOSUR

2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 3. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

4. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). 5. The Andean Community (associate).

6. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 7. Inter-American Development Bank (BID)

8. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) 9. Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) 10. Organisation of American States.

11. BRICS Countries.

12. Cooperation Africa-BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)

13. Brazil’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) (MERCOSUR member): Chile, Mexico, Peru, India, Egypt, Israel, the Andean Community and the European Union (EU).

Subject: Doing Business in Uruguay - Montevideo. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to Uruguay

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7. Key sectors:

a. Industry b. Food products

c. Information and communication technology d. Tourism

e. Financial services 8. Case Study:

a. Eastern Forest. b. Cristalpet. 9. Introduction to Spanish

10. Access to the Uruguayan market 11. Business plan for Uruguay

Subject: Doing Business in Venezuela. Caracas. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 2. The Venezuelan economy.

3. Economic profile of the states of Venezuela.

4. Venezuelan International Trade: Imports and exports. 5. Accession of Venezuela to the MERCOSUR

6. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Venezuela. 7. Doing Business in Caracas.

8. Case Study - Venezuelan companies: 1- Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA). 2- Telephones of Venezuela

9. Introduction to Spanish

10. Access to the Venezuelan market 11. Business plan for Venezuela

Subject: Doing Business in Bolivia. The Bolivian economy. La Paz. Syllabus:

(Accession process to the MERCOSUR)

1. Introduction to the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Andean Community). 2. The Bolivian economy.

3. International Trade of Bolivia.

4. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bolivia 5. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Bolivia:

1- Oil 2- Gas

3- Manufacturing 4- Telecommunications 5- Agriculture

6- Services. 6. Case Study:

1- Bolivian integration corridors. 2- Economic integration of Bolivia. 3- ENTEL Telecommunications 7. Introduction to Spanish

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9. Business plan for Bolivia

Free Trade Agreements related to South America

1. MERCOSUR’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Chile, the Andean Community-MERCOSUR, Mexico, Peru, India, Egypt, Israel, and the European Union

2. Brazil’s Free Trade Agreements, Uruguay (FTA), Paraguay (FTA), Argentina (FTA) 3. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

4. Pacific Alliance

5. Agreement Mexico-Uruguay

6. Chile’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the Andean Community, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Central America, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Turkey, Panama, China, India, South Korea, Australia, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPP), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

Subject: ALADI (Latin American Integration Association). Montevideo Treaty. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA). 2. Montevideo Treaty 1980.

3. Institutional organisation of the Latin American Integration Association 4. Agreement on Reciprocal Payments and Credits.

5. Payment System in local currencies.

6. Economic profile of Latin American countries. 7. Customs Procedures in the Latin American countries. 8. Nomenclature of the Latin American Integration Association 9. Latin American Free Trade Association

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement between Chile and the MERCOSUR.

Syllabus:

1. Chile-MERCOSUR Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE N° 35). 2. International Trade between Chile and countries of the MERCOSUR. 3. Investment flows between Chile and the MERCOSUR states.

4. Certificate of origin.

2. Strategic importance of the Pacific Alliance 3. Organisational chart of the Pacific Alliance

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6. Integrated Latin American Market (MILA) (*)

7. Protection of Intellectual Property (*) (* Only available in Spanish)

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement Andean Community-MERCOSUR.

Syllabus:

1. International Trade of the Andean Community countries with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay (MERCOSUR)

2. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 59 MERCOSUR - Colombia-Ecuador. 3. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 58 MERCOSUR-Peru.

4. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 36 MERCOSUR-Bolivia.

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement Mexico-MERCOSUR. Syllabus:

1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Mexico and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) (ACE 54).

2. MERCOSUR-Mexico (automotive sector ACE-55). 3. Foreign Trade Mexico-MERCOSUR.

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement between Peru and the MERCOSUR.

Syllabus:

1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Peru and the MERCOSUR (ACE 54 and 55).

2. Foreign Trade Peru-MERCOSUR (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela).

3. The Rules of Origin.

Sub-subject: India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Syllabus:

1. The Preferential Trade Agreement India-MERCOSUR 2. Origin of Goods under the Agreement.

3. Foreign trade between India and the countries of MERCOSUR 4. Business Opportunities created by the agreement.

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Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the MERCOSUR and Egypt. Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement between the MERCOSUR and the Arab Republic of Egypt. 2. International Trade MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, and

Paraguay)-Egypt.

3. Certificate of origin.

4. Foreign Trade MERCOSUR-Egypt

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the MERCOSUR and Israel. Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the MERCOSUR and Israel. 2. Rules and Certificate of origin.

Sub-subject: Mexico-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Uruguay (ACE 60). 2. Advantages of the agreement.

3. International Trade Mexico-Uruguay.

Sub-subject: European Union-MERCOSUR FTA Agreement. Syllabus:

1. The EU-MERCOSUR Interregional Framework Cooperation Agreement

2. Bilateral cooperation framework agreements of the European Union with the MERCOSUR countries

3. International Trade relations between the European Union and the MERCOSUR. 4. The European Union (EU)-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Sub-subject - Trade Relations Andean Community-Chile. Syllabus:

1. Chile as Associate Member State of the Andean Community 2. International Trade relations Andean Community-Chile.

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Peru. Syllabus:

1. Chile-Peru Free Trade Agreement. 2. Advantages of the agreement. 3. Rules and Certification of origin.

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Sub-subject - Economic Complementation Agreement Chile and Ecuador. Syllabus:

1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Ecuador and Chile (AAP.CE Nº 65). 2. Foreign trade between Chile and Ecuador.

3. The free trade agreement (FTA) Chile-Ecuador 4. Certificate of Origin

Sub-subject: Colombia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

1. Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE) No. 24 2. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Colombia-Chile. 3. Advantages of the agreement.

4. Certification of origin.

5. International Trade Chile-Colombia.

6. Investment flows between Chile and Colombia.

Sub-subject: Japan-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. The Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Chile 2. Japan-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

3. Liberalisation of foreign trade 4. Foreign trade Chile-Japan

Sub-subject: Mexico-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Chile. 2. Foreign Trade Mexico-Chile.

3. Investment flows between Chile and Mexico.

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Central America. Syllabus:

1. Chile-Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

3. Criteria for preferential treatment.

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5. Case Study: International Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) Chile-Costa Rica

and Chile-Nicaragua.

Sub-subject: The United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Chile. 2. International Trade (Goods and Services) United States-Chile.

3. Benefits to U.S. Agriculture. 4. Investment.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Canada. Syllabus:

1. Chile-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Advantages of the agreement.

4. International Trade Chile-Canada.

5. Agreements on the environment and labour. 6. The modernised agreement

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Panama. Syllabus:

1. Chile-Panama Free Trade Agreement. 2. Advantages of the agreement. 3. Certification of origin.

4. Foreign Trade Chile-Panama.

Sub-subject: China-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. China-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Agreement on Services.

3. Investment Chapter

Sub-subject: India-Chile Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Syllabus:

1. The Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Chile and India. 2. Key advantages for exporters.

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Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and South Korea. Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Chile. 2. Certificate of origin.

3. Regional Value Content.

4. International Trade Chile-South Korea.

Sub-subject - Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Australia. Syllabus:

1. The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Rules of Origin.

3. Regional Value Content.

4. Benefits of the agreement for Australian exporters. 5. Foreign trade between Australia and Chile.

6. Foreign direct investment (FDI).

Sub-subject: The European Union-Chile Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Trade relations between the European Union and Chile. 2. The European Union-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Sub-subject: Chile-EFTA Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Chile-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Advantages of the agreement.

3. Rules of Origin.

4. International Trade Chile-European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland)

Sub-subject: Chile-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

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Module- Business in the Andean countries

Structure of the module

Subjects of the Module: Doing Business in the Andean Markets

1- The Andean Region and the Latin American economic area of the Western Christian Civilisation

2- The Andean Community 3- Doing Business in Bolivia 4- Doing Business in Colombia

1. Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (the richest man in Colombia) 5- Doing Business in Ecuador

6- Doing Business in Peru 7- Doing Business in Venezuela

8- Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to the Andean markets

1. Agreements of the Andean Community with the MERCOSUR, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and the European Union

2. International relations of the Andean Community: India, China, and Russia

3. Colombia’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the United States, Mexico, Chile, Canada, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the CARICOM, and the Northern Triangle 4. Ecuador’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): Chile and Mexico

5. Peru’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the MERCOSUR, China, Singapore, the United States, Chile, Canada, South Korea, and the EFTA

1. Peru is a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP)

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7. Venezuela’s Free Trade Agreements (In 2006, Venezuela retired from Andean

Community). 8. Pacific Alliance

9. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 10. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

11. EU's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

Other Institutions related to the Andean Region (Summary)

1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 2. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

3. MERCOSUR

4. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)

5. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) 6. Summit Latin America- Arab Countries (ASPA)

7. Africa-South America Summit 8. Inter-American Development Bank

9. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) 10. Organisation of American States (OAS)

10- Introduction to Spanish

11- Business plan for Andean Markets Objectives of the module:

The main purpose of the module "Doing Business in the Andean Community countries" is to provide an overview of the economy of the Andean region and business opportunities in order:

1. To learn to do business in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela 2. To know the business opportunities in the region.

3. To understand how to negotiate in Andean markets.

4. To analyse foreign trade and foreign direct investment flows 5. To understand the importance of the Andean Community. 6. To know the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in the Andean region. 7. To develop a business plan for Andean markets

Module - Doing Business in the Andean Community countries. Syllabus

Subject: The Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Andean Community. 2. Andean integration system.

3. Economic profile of the Andean Community countries. 4. Trade in goods, services, and investments.

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6. The Andean Customs Union.

7. Free Trade Area. 8. Common Market. 9. NANDINA nomenclature.

10. Common External Tariff (ARIAN).

11. Andean Community's common foreign policy.

12. Relationships with the MERCOSUR, the United States, China, India, Russia. 13. Trade Agreement between Colombia, Peru, and the European Union (EU). 14. Andean Community: Productive and commercial development.

15. Andean Community Free Trade Agreements (FTA) 16. TAndean Development Corporation

Subject: Doing Business in Bolivia. The Bolivian economy. La Paz. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Andean Community). 2. The Bolivian economy.

3. International Trade of Bolivia.

4. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bolivia 5. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Bolivia:

1. Oil 2. Gas

3. Manufacturing 4. Telecommunications 5. Agriculture

6. Services. 6. Case Study:

1. Bolivian integration corridors. 2. Economic integration of Bolivia. 3. ENTEL Telecommunications 7. Introduction to Spanish

8. Access to the Bolivian market 9. Business plan for Bolivia

Bolivia: Organisations and Agreements (FTA) 1. Andean Community

2. Agreement Bolivia (CAN)-MERCOSUR 3. Accession process to the MERCOSUR 4. The European Union-Bolivia

5. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) 6. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

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Subject: Doing Business in Colombia. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Republic of Colombia (Andean Countries) 2. The Colombian economy.

3. Case Study:

1. Business Process Outsourcing Sector 2. Information Technology Services 3. Agribusiness

4. Manufacturing 5. Cosmetics 6. Textile 7. Automotive. 4. Colombian Foreign Trade.

5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Colombia. 6. Doing Business in.

1. Bogota 2. Barranquilla 3. Medellin.

7. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Bogota: 1. Contact Centers

2. Business Process Outsourcing/Shared Services 3. Information Technology sector

4. Medical Devices 5. Pharmaceutical 6. Cosmetics

7. Audiovisual Production 8. Case Study:

1. South American Investment Group. 2. Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo 9. Introduction to Spanish

10. Access to the Colombian market 11. Business plan for Colombia

Colombia‘s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) 1. Andean Community

2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 3. Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

4. MERCOSUR (associate).

5. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

6. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).

7. Colombia‘s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the United States, Mexico, the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), the CARICOM, the MERCOSUR, Chile, Canada, and the EFTA.

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9. Agreements in America of the Andean Community: the MERCOSUR, Chile, Mexico, and

Panama.

10. Extra-regional Agreements of the Andean Community: the European Union (EU), India, China, and Russia.

11. ATPDEA (Law of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act)-EXPIRED 12. Agreements under negotiation: Korea, Panama, and Turkey.

Colombia is a member of: 1. MERCOSUR (Associate)

2. Association of Caribbean States

3. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 4. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) 5. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council 6. Mesoamerica project

7. Africa-Colombia Summit

8. Forum for East Asia-Colombia Cooperation (ASA) 9. Inter-American Development Bank

10. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) 11. Organisation of American States

12. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 13. Summit Colombia Arab Countries (ASPA)

14. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), IMO, the Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the World Bank (WB), Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Mesoamerica Project

Sub-subject - Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo: the richest man in Colombia. Syllabus: 1. The Colombian businesspeople Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo

2. The Aval Group

3. The Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo Foundation

Subject: Doing Business in Ecuador. Quito. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Ecuador.

2. Doing Business in Guayaquil and Quito 3. The Ecuadorian economy.

4. International Trade of Ecuador. 5. Customs of Ecuador.

6. Import and export formalities.

7. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ecuador. 8. Case Study - Business Opportunities in:

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2. Fashion and accessories

3. Services...

9. Agribusiness sector. Case Study: 1. UBESA.

2. Holding Favorite Fruit Company.

10. Case Study: Manta-Manaus Multimodal Transport Infrastructure in Ecuador. 11. Introduction to Spanish

12. Access to the Ecuadorian market 13. Business plan for Ecuador

Ecuador’s Agreements

1. Agreement Chile-Ecuador

2. Economic Complementation Agreement Mexico-Ecuador

Ecuador’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) as a member of the Andean Community: 1. Ecuador (Andean Community)-MERCOSUR

2. Ecuador (Andean Community)- Mexico 3. Ecuador (Andean Community)-Chile 4. Ecuador (Andean Community)-Panama

5. Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (expired in 2013)-US 6. Ecuador (Andean Community)-India

7. Ecuador (Andean Community)-China

8. European Union (Andean Community)-Ecuador 9. Ecuador (Andean Community) and Russia

Ecuador is a member of:

1. The United Nations (UN), the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Andean Development Corporation, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the Organisation of Ibero-American States, Rio Group, the World Trade Organisation...

2. ALADI: Latin American Integration Association 3. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)

4. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 5. Organisation of American States (OAS)

6. MERCOSUR (Associate)

7. UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) 8. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

9. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) 10. Africa-South America Summit (ASA)

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13. Economic Commission for Latin America

14. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Subject: Doing Business in Peru-Lima. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Peru (Andean Community). 2. The Peruvian economy

3. Economic profile of the Peruvian regions. 4. Peruvian International Trade.

5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Peru. 6. Set up a company in Peru.

7. Doing Business in Lima 8. Case Study.

1. Business Opportunities in Agribusiness, textile, and services. 2. The group CAMPOSOL.

3. Creditex 9. Sectors of interest:

1. Textiles 2. Tourism 3. Services 4. Infrastructure 5. Call centers

10. Case Study: Transport and logistics in Peru. 1. South Interoceanic Hub.

11. Introduction to Spanish 12. Access to the Peruvian market 13. Business plan for Peru

Peru’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and International Relations 1. Andean Community.

2. APEC.

3. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 4. MERCOSUR (Associate)

5. Free Trade Agreements: Chile, Canada, Singapore, China, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and Korea.

6. The Andean Community and the MERCOSUR. Peru-MERCOSUR. Panama. 7. International Trade Promotion Agreement with the United States. 8. International Trade Integration Agreement Peru-Mexico.

9. Economic Complementation Agreement with Cuba (ACE 50). 10. Trade Agreement between the European Union and Peru.

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Peru is a member of:

1. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 2. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) 3. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC)

4. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 5. Forum for East Asia-Peru Cooperation (FEALAC)

6. Summit Peru-Arab Countries (ASPA) 7. Africa-Peru Summit

8. Inter-American Development Bank

9. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) 10. Organisation of American States (OAS)

11. The United Nations (UN), the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Rio Group...

Subject: Doing Business in Venezuela. Caracas. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 2. The Venezuelan economy.

3. The Venezuelan oil

4. Economic profile of the states of Venezuela.

5. Venezuelan International Trade: imports and exports. 6. Accession of Venezuela to the MERCOSUR

7. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Venezuela. 8. Doing Business in Caracas.

9. Case Study - Venezuelan companies: 1. Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA).

2. National Telephone Company of Venezuela 10. Access to the Venezuelan market

11. Business plan for Venezuela

Venezuela is a member of

1. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 3. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) 4. Bolivarian Alternative (ALBA)

5. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). 6. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 7. Inter-American Development Bank

8. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) 9. Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) 10. Organisation of American States.

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12. Protocol of Accession to MERCOSUR (Venezuela is a member of the MERCOSUR since

2012)

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to the markets analysed in the module

1. Agreements of the Andean Community with the MERCOSUR, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and the European Union

2. International relations of the Andean Community: India, China, and Russia

3. Colombia’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the United States, Mexico, Chile, Canada, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the CARICOM, and the Northern Triangle 4. Ecuador’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): Chile and Mexico

5. Peru’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA): the MERCOSUR, China, Singapore, the United States, Chile, Canada, South Korea, and the EFTA

1. Peru is a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP)

6. Bolivia’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA)

7. Venezuela’s Free Trade Agreements (In 2006 Venezuela retired from Andean Community).

8. Pacific Alliance

9. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 10. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

11. The EU's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement Andean Community-MERCOSUR.

Syllabus:

5. International Trade of the Andean Community countries with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay (MERCOSUR)

6. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 59 MERCOSUR-Colombia-Ecuador. 7. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 58 MERCOSUR-Peru.

8. Economic Complementation Agreement No. 36 MERCOSUR-Bolivia.

Sub-subject - Trade relations Andean Community-Chile. Syllabus:

3. Chile as Associate Member State of the Andean Community 4. International Trade relations Andean Community-Chile.

Sub-subject - Agreements between Mexico and the Andean Community. Syllabus:

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2. Agreement between Mexico and the Andean Community.

3. Partial Agreements between Mexico and the Andean Community States.

Sub-subject - Trade relations Panama-Andean Community. Syllabus:

1. International Trade in goods between the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) and Panama.

2. The Free Trade Agreement Panama-Andean Community

Sub-subject - Trade Relations India-Andean Community (CAN). Syllabus:

1. Foreign Trade between India and the Andean Community.

2. Agreement to set up a mechanism for political consultation and cooperation between India and the Andean Community.

3. Trade relations between India and Venezuela. 4. The proposed free trade agreement (FTA)

Sub-subject - Agreement China-Andean Community. Syllabus:

1. Foreign Trade China-Andean Community.

2. Agreement to set up a political consultation and cooperation mechanism between the Andean Community and the People's Republic of China.

3. The China-Peru Free Trade Agreement.

Sub-subject: The European Union and the Andean Community countries. Syllabus:

1. Foreign Trade relations between the European Union and the Andean Community countries.

2. Association Agreement between the Andean Community and the European Union 3. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia, Peru, and the European Union

Sub-subject - Trade relations between the Andean Community and Russia. Syllabus:

1. International Trade in products and services between the Andean Community and Russia.

2. Foreign Direct Investment flows Russia-Andean Community.

Sub-subject: The United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

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3. The United States-Colombia Trade relations.

4. Business Opportunities for U.S. exporters in Colombia. Strategic sectors. 5. Access to the Colombian market. Steps for importing to Colombia. 6. The chapter on Trade in Services and Investment.

7. Calculation of import duties.

Sub-subject: Mexico-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. The Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Colombia.

2. Protocol amending the Agreement Colombia-Mexico. 3. Advantages of the agreement.

4. Foreign Trade Mexico-Colombia.

Sub-subject: Colombia-Northern Triangle Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

1. The Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras).

2. Benefits of Agreement. 3. Certification of Origin.

4. International Trade Colombia-El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Sub-subject: Colombia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

1. Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE) No. 24 2. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Colombia-Chile.

3. Advantages of the agreement. 4. Certification of origin.

5. International Trade Chile-Colombia.

6. Investment flows between Chile and Colombia.

Sub-subject: Colombia-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

1. Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Market Access.

3. Rules of Origin.

4. International Trade Colombia-Canada. 5. Investments and services sector.

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Sub-subject: Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Colombia Agreement

1. Colombia-CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Agreement on International Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation.

2. International Trade Colombia-CARICOM States. 3. Partial Scope Agreement No. 31 Colombia-CARICOM. 4. Benefits of the Agreement.

Sub-subject: Colombia-EFTA (European Free Trade Association) Free Trade Agreement

1. European Free Trade Association-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Benefits of the agreement.

3. International Trade between EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) and Colombia.

4. Calculation of import duties. 5. Certificate of Origin.

Sub-subject - Economic Complementation Agreement Chile and Ecuador. Syllabus:

1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Ecuador and Chile (AAP.CE Nº 65). 2. Foreign trade between Chile and Ecuador.

3. Chile-Ecuador Free trade agreement (FTA) 4. Certificate of Origin

Sub-subject: China-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. China-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. International Trade China-Peru

3. Certificate of origin. 4. Advantages for exporters. 5. Market Access.

6. Tariff Elimination. 7. Trade Facilitation

8. Trade in Services and Investment.

Sub-subject: Singapore-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

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3. Rules of Origin.

4. Foreign trade between Singapore and Peru.

Sub-subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Peru. Syllabus:

6. Chile-Peru Free Trade Agreement. 7. Advantages of the agreement. 8. Rules and Certification of origin.

9. International Trade relations Chile-Peru. 10. Investment flows.

Sub-subject: United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Syllabus:

1. United States-Peru International Trade Promotion Agreement. 2. Business Opportunities for U.S. exporters.

3. United States-Peru International Trade relations.

Sub-subject: Peru-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Peru. 2. Benefits of the agreement.

3. Market Access. 4. Certificate of Origin

5. Foreign Trade Peru-Canada.

6. Business Opportunities for the food industry

7. Agreement on Labor Cooperation and Environment.

Sub-subject: Peru-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

1. Free Trade Agreement between South Korea and Peru 2. Advantages of the agreement.

3. Market Access. 4. Certificate of origin.

5. International Trade South Korea-Peru. 6. Investment flows.

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9. Strategic importance of the Pacific Alliance 10. Organisational chart of the Pacific Alliance

11. Trade and integration in the region of the Pacific Alliance (*) 12. Liberalisation of services and capitals. (*)

13. The Integrated Latin American Market (MILA) (*) 14. Protection of Intellectual Property (*)

(* Only available in Spanish)

Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement between Peru and the MERCOSUR.

Syllabus:

1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Peru and Southern Common Market (ACE 54 and 55).

2. Foreign Trade Peru-MERCOSUR (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela).

3. Rules of Origin.

Sub-subject: Peru-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement. Syllabus:

1. European Free Trade Association-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). 2. Benefits of the agreement.

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Module- Business in Central America

Structure of the module

Subjects of the module: "Doing Business in Central America":

1. Central America and the Latin American economic area of the Western Christian Civilisation

2. Economy and foreign trade of Central America

3. Doing Business in Belize

4. Doing Business in Costa Rica

5. Doing Business in El Salvador

6. Doing Business in Guatemala

7. Doing Business in Honduras

8. Doing Business in Nicaragua

9. Central American Integration

1. Central American Common Market (MCCA)-Integrated with SICA - 2. Central American integration system (SICA)

3. Central American Bank for Economic Integration 10. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in Central America

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2. Belize’s Agreements: the Caribbean Community, Colombia-CARICOM,

Guatemala, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative

3. Costa Rica’s Agreements with Mexico, the CARICOM, Canada, and China 4. El Salvador Agreements with México, Colombia, and Taiwan

5. Guatemala has an FTA with Taiwan

6. Honduras Agreements with Canada and Taiwan

7. The Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and