This paper analyses the competitiveness evolution in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay within Mercosur trade flows, on the relative specialization perspective and changes in the distribution of revealed comparative advantage among distinct product categories. For this purpose, it measures...

This paper analyses the competitiveness evolution in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay within Mercosur trade flows, on the relative specialization perspective and changes in the distribution of revealed comparative advantage among distinct product categories. For this purpose, it measures...

This article aims to analyze trade and industrial policies in Brazil in light of the normative approach of the global value chains. The analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the policies recently adopted by the country point to the opposite direction from the prescriptions of the global...

The aim of the article is to draw an overview of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), analyzing its formation and the main issues that will probably be part of the future agreement, and evaluating the perspectives for its conclusion and possible impacts, with special focus upon...

This Discussion Paper identifies the rules on e-commerce provided for in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Furthermore, the work compares...

This Discussion Paper identifies the rules on public procurement provided for in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Furthermore, the work...

This Discussion Paper identifies the rules on regulatory coherence provided for in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Furthermore, the work...

In the last decades, it was observed a reduction in tariff barriers for all countries. Even though this reduction affected almost all goods, the agribusiness sector experienced a smaller impact, keeping a higher average tariff, relative to other industries. In addition to these tariff measures,...

The purpose of this paper is to examine, from the perspective of international trade, the general characteristics of the operation of technical regulations, technical standardization and conformity assessment procedures (quality infrastructure) adopted by Chile, Mexico and Colombia. Next, the...

This discussion work identifies which are the agreements previously concluded by the member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)....