The rise of China as an important commercial partner of the Andean Community countries entailed several challenges for the regional project. On the one hand, the increase of Chinese goods flowing into the region caught the attention of national authorities, which increased the initiation of...

This paper focuses on identifying preconditions that will ensure the sustainability of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It argues that the macro, micro, and political conditions advanced in the literature to measure a country's ability to compete internationally, while necessary, are...

"Articles study impact of inter-American economic integration on Pacific Rim countries. Examine NAFTA as well as potential effect of the yet-to-be-established Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area (WHFTA)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57