This article focuses on the contradictory position of the United States in its economic policies towards Latin America. By pressuring the region to maintain its debt service, the US government left Latin American countries with little choice but to produce large trade surpluses, as voluntary...

This report analyzes the legislation about government procurement adopted in the context of trade agreements of the European Union, the World Trade Organization and Nafta, and the rules about this subject in United States and Brazil. Its main goal is to provide information that could support the...