Continuous demands put forward by developing countries for greater access to the markets of agricultural products of industrial countries appear to have overlooked the fact that industrial countries' view of trade policy is essentially mercantilist. Merca

The opening of the capital account was one of the important structural reforms implemented by Argentina. This liberalization increased the linkage of the real economy with the changing conditions of the international financial markets. In particular, recent data show a clear relation between...

How high should patent protection be? The answer by industrial countries is that patents should be granted for 20 years from date of application and that they should be available in all fields. Furthermore, compulsory licensing should be minimized and a m

The social costs of unfair trade policies to Latin America will increase in the upcoming years. During the 80s, Latin America suffered significantly when industrial countries applied numerous unfair trade measures against its exports. Latin America should stop this process and consider instead...