A casual observer would be forgiven for concluding that these are both the best and the worst of times for eliminating barriers to international trade and investment. On the plus side, developed countries are firmly committed to the trade liberalization agenda.Abstract: A un observador fortuito...

What I will try to cover in this memo is first a brief summary of what I call the regional domino policy of the U.S. to provide the background to the origins of the FTAA. I will then review the main features of the transformed political economy of the global trading system in the WTO, including...

The successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round and the establishment of the WTO marked an apparently decisive reassertion of the primacy of the multilateral trading system.Abstract: Promediando la década de los noventa, la región Asia-Pacífico parecía haber alcanzado un grado excepcional de...

This paper will examine some political and economic forces and the possible interactions between them that will shape the current US negotiating positions in the WTO and FTAA.Abstract: Este trabajo examina algunas de las fuerzas políticas y económicas, y las posibles interacciones entre ellas,...

In the semester following the Doha Ministerial, WTO Members were able to set up the essential elements of the Work Program decided by Ministers at Doha (November 2001), including the negotiations mandated in the declaration.Abstract: Lo anterior permitió que iniciaran negociaciones en diversas...

This document discusses the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and their effect on the pattern of trade. Specifically, this document addresses trade liberalization, preferential tariff liberalization, and obstacles to market access liberalization. This document is based on chapter 3 of the...

Trade liberalization is a positive sum game from which all can benefit. Well-defined rules, and the mechanisms of making binding commitments and concessions, are beneficial to increasing the stability of reforms.

This presentation was commissioned by the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the III Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on March 19th and 20th, 2002.

The objective of this paper is to contribute to mapping the plausible scenarios for trade negotiations involving the Latin American and Caribbean countries.Abstract: La intensidad y complejidad de la agenda de negociaciones comerciales a la que se enfrentan desde comienzos de la década de 1990...

This presentation was commissioned by the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on August 14th and 15th, 2003. Background Causes and Reasons for the Negotiation Overall Goals of the Negotiation Features and Structure of the...