The member States of Mercosur are currently negotiating a Trade Agreement with the EU, as part of the process towards a comprehensive bi-regional Association Agreement. In 2016, the EU and Mercosur members exchanged offers, followed by a negotiation round. The next round will be held in October...

The effects of international trade on the planet's climate and environment are manifold and complex. This makes assessment of the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) a delicate matter. This study provides an overview of the development of sustainability chapters in FTAs and discusses their...

This paper models the trade creating and trade diverting effects of the COMESA free trade agreement (FTA) and MERCOSUR over time using several theoretically consistent gravity equations. The extensive sector-specific TradeProd panel data set from 1980 to 2006 is employed throughout. From the...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de este ensayo es analizar el derecho aplicable a los contratos en el ámbito de los países que forman el MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay), delimitando el objeto de estudio en la problemática relativa a los usos y costumbres del comercio...

The results of trade agreements impact directly in the countries’ economies and therefore in their citizens. Behind these agreements, how much effort shall governments put to reach an agreement? How many resources should they invest and spend? Why some trade negotiations take longer than...