Volume 4, Number 28, Index

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Next month investors can start buying shares in Panama's electric power industry, a monopoly until now

• Despite shortcomings, Brazil's amended capital markets law makes significant changes

• Honduran law encourages burgeoning export industries. How foreign exporters based there can benefit

• Players in the global marketplace must agree on how to tackle trade barriers created by differing product standards and conformity assessment requirements. [OECD study findings (Part 2 of 2)]

• SUMMARIES OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: Environment, Labor, Transportation & more