Regional integration is under discussion nowadays. In 1991, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay created the MERCOSUR regional bloc, which was fully consolidated in 1995. The stabilization problems suffered by the region since 1999, asymmetry problems inside the bloc, the growth of...

This article discusses what kind of productive complementarities are needed between the Mercosur’s countries, in order to maximize the contribution to industrial development of the integration process, taking into account the international restrictions related to the Peripherical structural...

By mean of a comparison on the way Mexico and Thailand have driven their foreign policies along their histories, convergence and divergence are found out. Until the seventies. it is not yet possible to notice a convergence between both actors' foreign policies. From that moment on, we can see...

Spanish Abstract: Al hablar de Tratados de Libre Comercio, se debe hacer un análisis de las relaciones internacionales que recaen sobre los mismos y de aspectos tales como la globalización. El caso del TLC entre Colombia y Estados Unidos muestra ciertos elementos contraproducentes para el...

Spanish Abstract: El presente documento tiene como objetivo presentar un panorama general sobre el desarrollo de la política arancelaria entre 2002 y 2014. Para ello, se revisó la evolución del Arancel Externo Común (AEC) de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) y de las modificaciones...

Using a gravity model, this article presents an analysis of aggregate trade flows aimed at identifying China's impact on Latin America's trade. The results obtained indicate that: i) China's growth in the last years implied a growing supply of exports to this market from most countries in the...

Using a gravity model, this article presents an analysis of aggregate trade flows aimed at identifying China’s impact on Latin America’s trade. The results obtained indicate that: i) China´s growth in the last years implied a growing supply of exports to this market from most countries in...