December 23, 1997

• From the Editor by Lic. José Felipe García V., Editor, InterAm Trade Report
• Mexico's Supply Chain Gap: Getting Small and Medium Companies into the Loop by David Eaton, Maquiladora Project Coordinator, NLCIFT
• Venezuela: Hazardous Waste Decree Updates Environmental Legislation by Leonel Rodríguez of Torres, Plaz & Araujo

December 12, 1997

• Brazil: Independent Producers Help Meet Electric Energy Demand by Levy Salomao Advogados
• Mexico: Health Law Amendment Will Open Pharmaceutical Market to Generic Products by Alejandro Pérez Serrano, Intellectual Property Project Coordinator, NLCIFT
• Title Insurance in Latin America: Why it's not widely used and why it should be by José Manuel Palli, president of World-Wide Title, Inc.

November 24, 1997

• Brazil: Derivatives in Bankruptcy: Netting & Cherry Picking by Levy Salomao Advogados
• Colombia: Tax Aspects of the Energy Sector by Alfredo Lewin Figueroa of Lewin & Wills
• Mexico's Gas Import Duty: NAFTA may allow for accelerated reductions, but time is running out by George Baker of Baker & Associates, Energy Consultants

November 14, 1997

• Colombia's Foreign Currency Payment Regime Changes by Emilio Wills of Lewin & Wills
• Honduras: Non-Use of Registered Marks by Lic. Ricardo Anibal Mejía M. of Bufete Mejía & Asociados
• International Insolvency: UNCITRAL's New Model Law by Ricardo Sandoval L. and Javier Ahumada Jegó of Estudio Jurídico de Ricardo Sandoval y Cía Ltda
• Panama's Corporations Law Modernized by Morgan & Morgan

October 31, 1997

• Ecuador's Industrial Property Structure by Francisco Pérez-Gangotena of Pérez, Bustamante & Pérez Abogados
• Electronic Commerce: Digital Signatures and Certification Authorities: A summary of issues addressed at the most recent UNCITRAL meeting by Dra. Mariana Silveira, Consultant to the NLCIFT
• Argentina: Economic Update by Lic. Graciela Molinelli

October 17, 1997

• Brazil: Foreign Arbitration Awards May Be Enforced Domestically by Nadine S. M. Baleeiro Teixeira and Mark D. Hobson of Felsberg & Asociados
• Colombia's Newest Tax Reforms by Gómez Pinzón & Asociados
• Guatemala: Opportunities in the Electric Power Market [Part Two of Two] by Juan Carlos Castillo of Castillo Love

October 3, 1997

• Colombia: Oil & Gas Exploration & Exploitation Contracts by Gómez Pinzón & Asociados
• Guatemala: Opportunities in the Electric Power Market [Part One of Two] by Juan Carlos Castillo of Castillo Love
• Privatization of Petrobras Underway by NLCIFT Staff

September 19, 1997

• An introduction to Brazil's antidumping regulations by Ligia-Maura Costa of Alcides Jorge Costa e Advogados Associados
• Mexico IP Protection: Proposed Structure for an IP Court by Hope H Camp, Jr. of Jenkens & Gilchrist
• Venezuelan Trading Law 101: The basics by Jaime Martínez Estévez of Rodner, Martínez & Asociados

September 5, 1997

• Mexico has made great strides toward IP protection; enforcement remains the greatest challenge [Part One of Two] by Hope H Camp, Jr. of Jenkens & Gilchrist
• New tax rate charged in Brazil may be illegal by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• PROPRIVAT supervises the privatization of Panamanian industries in an effort to modernize the economy by Morgan & Morgan

August 22, 1997

• Despite shortcomings, Brazil's amended capital markets law makes significant changes by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Honduran Law encourages burgeoning export industries: how foreign exporters based there can benefit by FIDE (Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports)
• Next month investors can start buying shares in Panama's electric power industry, a monopoly until now by Eduardo E. Morgan of Morgan & Morgan
• 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 Two of Two] by Timothy Baker, Esq., President of the National Law and Language Institute

August 8, 1997

• Changes to Brazilian Corporations Law by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Players in the global marketplace must agree on how to tackle trade barriers created by differing products standards and conformity assessment requirements [OECD Study Findings; Part One of Two] by Timothy Baker, Esq., President of the National Law and Language Institute
• Update on Argentina's Privatization Program

July 25, 1997

• Establishing a business in Chile: what form should your business take? by Aldunate y Compañía Abogados
• Secured financing and electronic registries in the NAFTA countries: current practices and recommended changes [Part Two of Two] by Dra. Mariana Silveira, Research Attorney, NLCIFT
• Venezuela's changes to its Federal Labor Law will affect severance and seniority pay, montlhy wages, and a host of other pay-related matters by Torres, Plaz & Araujo
• What investors need to form and participate in an Uruguayan investment fund by Jonas Bergstein of Estudio Bergstein

July 11, 1997

• Secured Financing and Electronic Registries in the NAFTA Countries: Current Practices and Recommended Changes [Part One of Two] by Dra. Mariana Silveira, Research Attorney, NLCIFT
• The Brazilian Central Bank's practice of freezing assets Merits a Closer Look by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Venezuela taps into its potential to become the wealthiest country in the world by Torres, Plaz & Araujo

June 27, 1997

• Basics of Brazilian Depository Receipts, a mechanism for Brazilians to Invest Abroad by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Brazilian Government Privatizes Power Plants and Establishes investor-friendly Rules by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Setting up a Mining Corporation in Panama by Pardini, de la Guardia & Lachman
• The U.S.-Mexico Border Environment: Evaluating NAFTA's impact [Part Two of Two] by Amy T. Mignella, Environmental Project Director, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
• What importers and exporters need to know about direct sales Bolivia by C.R. & F Rojas Abogados

June 13, 1997

• Brazilian Government Attempts to Slow Growing Trade Deficit by Thomas B. Felsberg of Felsberg e Associados
• The Basics of Incorporating in Bolivia by C.R. & F. Rojas Abogados
• The U.S.-Mexico Border Environment: Evaluating NAFTA's impact [Part One of Two] by Amy T. Mignella, Environmental Project Director, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
• What foreigners need to know about setting up an investment framework in Ecuador by Perez, Bustamante y Perez

May 30, 1997

• Costa Rica: A New Capital Markets Legal Framework? by Pedro Oller-Taylor of Bufete Quiros & Asociados
• Western Hemisphere Trade Ministers Meet: "Go Slow" Approach Prevails [Part Two of Two] by David A. Gantz, Associate Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
• What investors need to know about setting up the legal structure for an oil venture in Venezuela by Bentata Abogados

May 16, 1997

• New Brazilian tax laws raise doubts about hedging transactions by Brazilian companies abroad and address tax treatment of interest from fixed and floating rate notes by Levy & Salomão Advogados
• Trade Expansion: Canada, Chile, Mercosur countries forge ahead as U.S. hesitates [Part One of Two] by David A. Gantz, Associate Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade

May 2, 1997

• Chile & NAFTA: The Encaje on Foreign Investment and Credits by Alfonso Reymond of Aldunate y Cia Abogados
• Mexico's PITEX program encourages exports through tariff exemption by Lic. José Felipe García V., Editor, InterAm Trade Report
• The New Intellectual Property Rights Law: Debates Over Law Continue by Carlos Augusto Franconi