Today, the relationship between Brazil and Chile can be characterized by three aspects: i) Brazil and Chile have a bilateral relationship with a regional vocation; ii) Brazil has an integral presence in Chile; and iii) a progressive reduction in distances and an increase in connections (physical...

This work is about the question of Franco-German relations and the creation of the European common currency. For this purpose the analysis was made with the perspective of international political economy. Between the meetings of European leaders in the Dutch cities of Hague and Maastricht, among...

The European Union set up an experiment in international relations that arouses the most varied reactions, going from extreme euphoria to nationalist xenophobia. This feeling of confusion is due not only to the wide range of issues that are embraced nor the organic complexity of the institution,...

O objetivo desse artigo é determinar os impactos da criação da Área de Livre Comércio das Américas (ALCA), a partir de uma desoneração tributária, na economia brasileira. Para isso, foram analisados diversos cenários que contam, além da eliminação das tarifas ao comércio entre os...

In Brazil, it has been difficult to elaborate governmental planning surpassing the four-year spectrum from the Pluriannual Plans. Despite the fact of long-term planning attracting a wide range of sectors, it still occupies a small space in both political and bureaucratic agendas. Hence, the...

This paper assumes that Mercosur has been under a crisis for the last four years, the main symptoms of which are: decreasing priority in the context of Brazilian Foreign Policy (BFP); growing number of exceptions within its Common External Tariff (CET); decreasing number of Mercosur decisions...

This paper investigates wether the ongoing financial crisis has destabilized the microstructures of ASEAN stock market. Using daily stock market data from 2007 to 2010, we first develop a set of monthly country-level liquidity, efficiency, international integration and volatility indicators. We...

This paper aims to evaluate the impact on trade flows between Brazil and the United States after the accomplishment of the FTAA. The authors used a computable partial equilibrium model. A comprehensive investigation of the existing non-tariff barriers was made and the tariff-equivalents were...