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This paper attempt to survey some political considerations that ended in the launching of the Summit of the Americas. This is a manifestation of the new uprising showed by the globalization process. We here by put into perspective economic assumptions that were conceived to launch the free trade...
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This IDB Working Paper is intended to provide an overview of how the agricultural sector is treated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) involving Latin American countries, whose exports tend to be more oriented towards agriculture. The paper compares the treatment of agriculture in RTAs between...
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The construction of international trade accords has sparked controversy among a range of critics concerned with competing economic and social priorities. This dispute over a “free trade” agenda occasionally spills into the streets as the debate gains a public platform during high profile...
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The present article is a review of some recent works on the effects of the FTAA and the EU-Mercosur agreement on the Brazilian economy. We present these works' main results, emphasizing their methodological differences and limitations. Their results seem to be very diverse and very sensible to...
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The rise of China as an important commercial partner of the Andean Community countries entailed several challenges for the regional project. On the one hand, the increase of Chinese goods flowing into the region caught the attention of national authorities, which increased the initiation of...
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This paper focuses on identifying preconditions that will ensure the sustainability of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It argues that the macro, micro, and political conditions advanced in the literature to measure a country's ability to compete internationally, while necessary, are...
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issue for emerging economies. In Latin America, the largest effects are likely to be associated with the Free Trade Area of … FTAA have on FDI from the US and Canada to Latin American countries? How will it affect FDI from the rest of the world … likely impact of the FTAA on countries in Latin America …
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