Public FTAA. ecom/inf/147 June 5, 2002 Original: English Latin America Trade, Tariffs and Competitiveness I. Growth Competitiveness II. Economic Creativity III. Trade and Tariffs IV. Impact of Trade Barriers V. ITA - one way to eliminate tariffs VI. Benefits of lowering tariffs VII. Econometric Studies February 2002 - Part One Submitted to the FTAA Joint Working Group on Electronic Commerce by CCC & CCIB's Telecom / E-Com Working Group Shirley-Ann George Canadian Industry Delegate Vice-Chair Canadian Council for International Business, ECom Working Group Government Programs, IBM Canada Inc. sageorge@ca. ibm. com
Latin America: Trade, Tariffs and Competitiveness l. Explores link between trade, tariffs and competitiveness ƒ focus on Information Technology and Latin America ƒ Combines data from various international sources –World Economic Form and Harvard University –World Trade Organization (WTO) –IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Database l. Econometric Studies - Country specific ƒ Brazil –Federacao das Industries do Rio de Janeiro (Firjan) –LCM Consultores Associados ƒ Argentina –Fundacion de Investigaciones Economicas Latinoamericas (FIEL)
I. Growth Competitiveness Ranking for 59 Countries l. World Economic Forum and Harvard University Report for 2000 l. Measures factors contributing to rapid growth in GDP per capita l. Macroeconomics and microeconomics determinants l. Index composed of: ƒ Economic Creativity Index – measures emergence of new businesses – technology innovation or technology transfer - does it matter? ƒ Finance Index –efficient financial system, high rates of savings and investment ƒ International Index –economic integration with the global economy l. Build on the Competitiveness Index of prior years Source: Global Competitiveness Report 2000
Growth Competitiveness Rankings for 2000 Advanced Economies in blue Latin American Economies in red * Other Developing Economies in green * 1 US 21 Japan 41 China 2 Singapore 22 France 42 Egypt 3 Luxembourg 23 Portugal 43 Mexico 4 Netherlands 24 Iceland 44 Indonesia 5 Ireland 25 Malaysia 45 Argentina 6 Finland 26 Hungary 46 Brazil 7 Canada 27 Spain 47 Jordan 8 HK 28 Chile 48 Peru 9 UK 29 Korea 49 India 10 Switzerland 30 Italy 50 El Salvador 11 Taiwan 31 Thailand 51 Bolivia 12 Australia 32 Czech Rep. 52 Colombia 13 Sweden 33 S. Africa 53 Vietnam 14 Denmark 34 Greece 54 Venezuela 15 Germany 35 Poland 55 Russian Fed. 16 Norway 36 Mauritius 56 Zimbabwe 17 Belgium 37 Philippines 57 Ukraine 18 Austria 38 Costa Rica 58 Bulgaria 19 Israel 39 Slovak Rep. 59 Ecuador 20 NZ 40 Turkey * IMF World Economic Outlook definition of advanced and developing countries Source: Rankings from Global Competitiveness Report 2000
Growth Competitiveness Rank vs. Average Tariffs for all Goods countries are clustered in groups of 5 Average for all 59 is 7. 9% countries source: Global Competitiveness Report 2000
Growth Competitiveness Rank vs. IT Tariffs countries are clustered in groups of 5 source: Global Competitiveness Report 2000; www. ita. doc. gov
II. Economic Creativity Index measuring emergence of new businesses Technology Innovation Technology Index Technology Transfer Economic Creativity Index Ease of Activating New Businesses Venture Capital Availability Start Up Index Obtain Loan with little Collateral Source: World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report for 2000
Economic Creativity Index 2000 for selective countries Source: World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report for 2000
Economic Creativity Index vs. IT Tariffs for Selected Countries Source: World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report for 2000
Technology Innovation or Transfer - does it matter? Primary Source of Technology for 20 Largest Economies Rank Country IT tariff 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 US (Nafta) JAPAN GERMANY UK FRANCE ITALY CHINA CANADA (Nafta) BRAZIL SPAIN MEXICO (Nafta) INDIA KOREA AUSTRALIA NETHERLANDS TAIWAN ARGENTINA SWITZERLAND BELGIUM SWEDEN 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 34% 0% 0% 40% 8% 0% 0% 10% 0% National Innovation X X X Technology Transfer X X X X Source: World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report for 2000 and International Trade Administration, US Depart. of Commerce
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