Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap … exists in the knowledge about the distributive impacts of trade integration. This study attempts to fill this gap: it surveys … the most recent contributions to the mainstream trade economics literature, assesses their relevance for Latin America and …

This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries … empirical strategy benefits from the fact that about half of Latin American countries have signed a trade agreement with the … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

policies that can accelerate recovery while boosting longterm growth. In a scenario of tight fiscal constraints, trade and … modest trade and investment gains for the region, associated with incremental rather than major adjustments in the global … value chains. It concludes by arguing that, whatever the future brings, minimizing trade and investment costs is likely to …

their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade … estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina?s manufacturing sector. Results … suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade …