East and south coast US states are improving their ports and intermodal infrastructure, as the widening of the Panama Canal nears completion.

Courtney Fingartalks to Honduras's finance minister William Chong Wong about the possible effects economic problems in the US will have on the country, and how violence on the mainland is threatening the tourism trade. 

With emerging economies in Asia and Latin America driving global growth, co-operation between countries in these regions is set to accelerate.

Two recent public-private partnerships have significantly improved railway infrastructure in the US, opening up routes between east coast ports and major cities in the east and mid-west.