Trade Liberalization in the Americas: are Regionalism and Globalization Compatible?

Trade liberalization across the Americas holds the potential to substantially improve living standards and present a successful model of North-South regionalism. In this paper, we use a global CGE model to assess the effects of such an arrangement for both member and non-member economies. We also evaluate a number of other issues, including incentive compatibility of the regional agreement for individual members and its structural compatibility with the larger agenda of global trade liberalization.