The auto industry is an international oligopoly that has a long tradition of influencing trade negotiations and national policies. Due to the industry's size and production linkages, the investment decisions made by the assembly firms often generate economic consequences that can be easily...

The article discusses the impacts the unification of EC markets in 1993 may have upon Brazilian manufactured exports. The analysis also encompasses the effects of the European Economic Zone, between the EC and EFTA, as well as EC's inevitable integration with Eastern Europe. The main finding is...