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February
6-10: CLADEC, APESE Peru, ASEME Ecuador, CLADEC Colombia
participate in VII Andean FTA Negotiating Round in Cartagena, Colombia to advocate for CLADEC approved
Customs and Services preferred text for the US-Andean
FTA. Close cooperation with Colombia Customs negotiators
produces support for CLADEC objectives. Fleishman-Hillard
provides important press support.
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May 12-13: CLADEC Caribbean Express Conference Trinidad Hilton
Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Forty-five
people participated in the CLADEC Caribbean Express
Conference. Six government officials attended the
conference as speakers, including Minister Pennelope
Beckles who welcomed the conference on behalf of Prime
Minister Manning of Trinidad and Tobago. Six of the
participants were from the CLADEC Board and committees
and the balance were from express delivery service
companies from 14 of the 20 Caricom countries.
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June 5-10: CLADEC Customs Committee-CAPSIA meetings in Buenos
Aires with Virgilio Tedin, Director PROARGENTINA (PYMES),
Minister Abad, AmCham, US Embassy, Congressional leaders
and other parties of interest to promote trade
facilitation.
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October
24-27: CLADEC President Rafael Couttolenc presented a
comparison of Asian and Latin American customs
clearance performance to the XXVI Reunión de Directores
Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y
Portugal (COMALEP) in Pucon , Chile. CLADEC and ACC
Chile co hosted a reception for the Customs Directors.
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February 15-17: CLADEC delegation of Ana Guevara, Adrian Correa, Sue Presti and Manuel Aragon travels to Santo Domingo to meet with ASODEC, US Embassy, AmCham and top FTA negotiators for the Dominican Republic to present EDS industry definition, customs reform and postal competition issues as expressed in Chile FTA and CAFTA.
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March 4-6: CLADEC team of Pedro Carbuccia and Geert Hinnaert visits Chile to assist ACC Chile in its negotiations with Chile Customs Service to prevent the implementation of new requirements for the EDS companies that would have adverse consequences for EDS. Chile Customs Service delays implementation of the measures and agrees to form joint working gropup with ACC to work on an alternative set of regulations.
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March 17-18: CLADEC is represented by Adrian Correa at the Foro Postal of the Colombian Congress March 17-18th. CLADEC and CLADEC Colombia presented the need to differentiate EDS from Postal Services and the rationale for treatment of EDS as a non-postal service. Adrian Correa and CLADEC Colombia President Angelica Rincon meet with Vice Minister of Economy, Industry and Tourism to present CLADEC’s proposed treaty points for the Colombia-US FTA. Key points are industry definition, customs reform and modernization, fair competition. They agreed to follow up the discussions at a later time.
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March 21-23: CLADEC delegation of Ana Guevara, Adrian Correa and Sue Presti travel to Panama to meet with AESEP, AmCham, US Embassy and Panamanian FTA negotiators to present EDS industry definition, customs reform and postal competition issues as expressed in Chile FTA and CAFTA.
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May 14: Karla Mata, President of CLADEC Guatemala, elected as Chairperson of CLADEC Association President’s Council, becomes a Director on the CLADEC Board.
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July 6-8: CLADEC delegation including Ana Guevara, Adrian Correa, Pablo Pinson and Manuel Aragon visits Peru to work with APESE on customs fines/penalties, the elimination by Peru Customs of all references to express delivery service, the Andean FTA. CLADEC and APESE met with Dr. Pablo de la Flor, Chief FTA Negotiator, Sr. Pedro Pablo Kuckzynski, Minister of Economy and Sr. Jose Armando Arteaga, Superintendent of Customs.
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August 4-5: Adrian Correa and Manuel Aragon visit Panama to met with Panama-US FTA. Met with Lic. Melissa Davis, Services Negotiator, and Lic. Mara Pardo, Customs Negotiator.
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August 9: Executive Director Manuel Aragon participates in Panama-US FTA negotiating round in Tampa, Florida.
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August 16: Executive Director Manuel Aragon visits Quito, Ecuador to meet with FTA Negotiators. ASEME accompanies CLADEC to meetings with Cristian Espinosa, Chief Negotiator for Ecuador on Andean FTA, Mauricio Pinto, Member Ecuador Negotiating team and Juan Falconi, Services Negotiator for Ecuador in the Andean FTA.
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September 25: CLADEC Director Geert Hinnaert speaks to APEC Customs Workshop, Viña del Mar, Chile. CLADEC hosts reception for participants.
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October 20-23: Executive Director Manuel Aragon visits Panama to participate in Cuarto Adjunto for the Panama-US FTA negotiating round. Meets with Lic. Mara Pardo, Customs Negotiator and Lic. Melissa Davis Services Negotiator.
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October 23-26: Executive Director Manuel Aragon visits Guayaquil to participate in the Cuarto Adjunto for Andean FTA negotiating round. Meets with Dr. Pablo de la Flor, Peru’s Chief negotiator, Cristian Espinosa, Ecuador’s chief Negotiator and Dr. Hernando Jose Gomez, Colombia’s
Chief Negotiator.
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November 15-18: CLADEC team of Frank Santeiro, Pedro Carbuccia and Adrian Correa attend Buenos Aires conference of Customs Directors from
Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
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2003
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March 11: CLADEC Customs Committee meets in Sao Paulo.
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March 12: CLADEC Board holds joint meeting with ABRAEC
Brazil in Sao Paulo.
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March 26-27: CLADEC Trade Committee meets in San Jose Costa Rica, Forms CAFTA Task Force. Wallace Papadopolo, President CLADEC Guatemala elected Chairman.
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April 30: CLADEC President Frank Santeiro addresses WCO Security and Trade Facilitation Seminar in Cancún.
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May 9: CLADEC CAFTA Task Force Chairman Wallace Papadopolo and Victor Ferrat, ANMEC meet with Central America Customs Directors in Managua
to present express industry position on De minimis.
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May 13: CLADEC and CLADEC Guatemala host a reception in Guatemala City for CAFTA Trade Negotiators. Over 400 attend reception including US Ambassador John Hamilton, Guatemala Vice Minister of Economy Lic. Guido Orlando Rodas, CAFTA Trade Negotiators and staff and business representatives.
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July: CLADEC Board meets with CLADEC Colombia in Bogota to review Colombian Postal and Customs Issues. Meetings with AmCham, US Embassy and Colombian Vice Minister for Communications. CLADEC stresses its unique, non-postal service.
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August 7-9: CLADEC Customs Committee meets with ACC Chile to begin planning for APEC conference in October 2004 and discuss implementation of Chile-US FTA.
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August: CLADEC team of Frank Santeiro and Pedro Carbuccia represent EDS Trade Facilitation position at the Managua Conference of Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
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September 16: CLADEC position paper in support of CAFTA presented by Ana Guevara at regional AmCham
Meeting in Managua.
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October 14-17: CLADEC team of Frank Santeiro, Adrian Correa and Manuel Aragon visit all CAFTA
countries to meet with the CLADEC affiliate, AmCham, US Embassy and the Chief CAFTA negotiators in each country. Achieve support for CLADEC CAFTA treaty provisions.
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November 16: CLADEC annual meeting at Hyatt Regency, Miami: Awards for Excellence presented to CLADEC Guatemala, GENTE El Salvador, ANCH Honduras, ASONIC Nicaragua and AEER Costa Rica for their efforts in support of CLADEC’s CAFTA Task Force.
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November 17-18: CLADEC-ACCA present EDS industry position papers at the Miami ABF. All CLADEC-ACCA goals achieved in ABF Final Report. CLADEC Guatemala President Karla Menocal de Mata praised by Smaller Economies Workshop Moderator as “the best prepared and most charming” participant in the workshop.
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November 19: CLADEC delegates to the ABF attend
joint session of ABF and FTA Ministers. Hear United
states Trade Representative, Ambassador Zoellich say
that Express Delivery Services is one of five vital
components for free trade.
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December 4: CLADEC meets with ACCA to discuss goals for 2004. Agree to participate actively in forthcoming FTAs negotiations in Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia during 2004.
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2002
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In
May, CLADEC co-sponsors the VIII Symposium of the Americas
- Customs, Trade & Finance and has panelists in two
workshops.
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A
representative of CLADEC participates at the WCO main
annual session held in late June in Brussels.
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CLADEC
works with the IDB in the drafting of a document outlining
procedures for Business Facilitation Measure #2.
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CLADEC
participates in the APEC ACBD in Acapulco, Mexico.
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In
October, CLADEC participates in the FTAA ABF
meeting in Quito, Ecuador.
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2001
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In
April, CLADEC participates in the VIII FTAA Trade Negotiations
Committe Meeting in Buenos Aires.
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A
representative of CLADEC is present at the WCO meeting
in Hong Kong.
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CLADEC
again sponsors the VII Symposium of the Americas - Customs,
Trade & Finance held in the month of June in Miami.
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A
representative of CLADEC participates at the WCO main
annual session held in late June in Brussels.
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2000
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In
June, CLADEC sponsors and participates in the VI Symposium
of the Americas, held in Miami.
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In
December, CLADEC organizes a joint OAS/FTAA Workshop in
Miami, coinciding with its Annual meeting.
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1999
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The FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) met in
Cochabamba, Bolivia in Julyand formally adopted a
business facilitation measure recommendation, which had
its basis on the CANCUN ACCORD.
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CLADEC
becomes a major sponsor of the CUSTOMS / TRADE / FINANCE
SYMPOSIUM OF THE AMERICAS, considering this event to be
an important international forum for discussion of issues
affecting international trade and commerce.
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At
the XX National Customs Directors Meeting, which took
place in Cancun, in October, it was agreed by the Customs
Directors of 19 countries to implement the FTAA Business
Facilitation measures by December of 2000.
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The
following week, in Toronto, Canada, the Ministers of the
FTAA Member countries also agreed to implement eight business
facilitation measures-- based on the CANCUN ACCORDS.
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1998
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Under
the auspices of the Secretariat, the Customs Directors
met in Santiago, Chile, in July, to review and assess
implementation of the CANCUN ACCORD. Representatives of
13 Latin American and Caribbean customs services
ratified their commitment to the express clearance procedures
outlined in the Memorandum of Obligation. CLADEC co-hosted
the meeting and held technical workshops to commensurate
with the meetings of the Customs Directors.
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1997
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CLADEC
participated in the FTAA
Americas Business Forum held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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CLADEC
members participated in the Joint Meeting of the FTAA
Working Group on Services and the Private Sector held
at Santiago, Chile. Industry representatives achieved
a consensus to rename the services they provide as Express
Integrated Transportation Services, and recommended to
the Working Group on Services that they be treated as
a separate and distinct service sector.
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1996
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During
June, the Secretariat met at Cancun, Mexico, to discuss
express clearance issues. Customs officials from 17
Latin American and Caribbean nations signed a Memorandum
of Obligation, outlining express clearance procedures
based on guidelines developed by the World
Customs Organization (WCO). This document has become
known as the CANCUN ACCORD.
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1995
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CLADEC
once again participated in the annual meeting of the Secretariat.
At this conference, held in Havana, Cuba, and CLADEC's
proposal to the customs directors to hold a meeting to
specifically address express clearance issues was accepted.
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1994
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CLADEC
was invited for the first time to participate in the annual
meeting of the Secretariat of the Multilateral Agreement
on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the National
Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
The meeting was held in San Jose, Costa Rica, in October.
The Director General of Chile Customs and CLADEC made
a joint presentation on a set of proposed express clearance
regulations developed by Chile Customs.
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1993
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President
Menem signed a decree, abolishing the postal monopoly.
CLADEC was instrumental in rallying customer and international
support. Argentina becomes the first country in the western
hemisphere to eliminate the postal monopoly.
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Significant
advances in customs clearance for express shipments, recognition
of express industry as a key player in enabling global
trade.
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1992
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CLADEC
took steps to counter restrictions and subsidies caused
by postal monopolies in Latin America. The association
and its members were opposed to being regulated by a competitor.
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1991
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CLADEC
was founded and incorporated under the laws of Panama
as a non-profit organization to promote and defend the
interests of the express industry and its customers. Charter
members were UPS, DHL, FedEx, TNT, Intertrade and IBC.
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CLADEC
establishes a working relationship with the Air Courier
Conference of America (ACCA) and the International Express
Carriers Conference (IECC).
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