The literature on regional integration agreements (RIAs) is vast and deals with political, economic and political economy issues. The literature on the economics of RIAs deals mostly with static effects, and concludes that these effects are in general ambiguous. So far, there has been no...

This paper reviews some of the main findings of recent research on the politics, economics and political economy of regional integration, and assesses Chile's trade and regional integration policies. It concludes that i) Chile is likely to obtain static and dynamic benefits from a FTA with the...