O artigo explica as diferenças de políticas comerciais recebidas por 10 setores industriais de 1988 a 2005 a partir de teorias de economia política e de análise econométrica com dados em painel. Três conjuntos de variáveis independentes – coeficientes de comércio, intensidade no uso de...

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...

The main purpose of this article is to evaluate the degree of integration of Mercosur both at a regional and a multilateral level. We estimate a gravity equation in order to assess the border effect and the degree of integration among Mercosur countries during the 90's.

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)....

The UE and Mercosur are currently negotiating a free trade agreement. The offer made by Mercosur reflects its production and protection structure and is more "generous" to agriculture than to industry. In fact, the main competitive fragilities of Mercosur are concentrated in manufactured goods...

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...

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...