A casual observer would be forgiven for concluding that these are both the best and the worst of times for eliminating barriers to international trade and investment. On the plus side, developed countries are firmly committed to the trade liberalization agenda.Abstract: A un observador fortuito...

What I will try to cover in this memo is first a brief summary of what I call the regional domino policy of the U.S. to provide the background to the origins of the FTAA. I will then review the main features of the transformed political economy of the global trading system in the WTO, including...

The objective of this paper is to contribute to mapping the plausible scenarios for trade negotiations involving the Latin American and Caribbean countries.Abstract: La intensidad y complejidad de la agenda de negociaciones comerciales a la que se enfrentan desde comienzos de la década de 1990...

This paper discusses the negotiations toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas (ALCA/FTAA), principally from a United States viewpoint. The paper attempts to highlight possible sticking points in the negotiations. It also provides an overview of US international trade negotiating priorities, to...

The successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round and the establishment of the WTO marked an apparently decisive reassertion of the primacy of the multilateral trading system.Abstract: Promediando la década de los noventa, la región Asia-Pacífico parecía haber alcanzado un grado excepcional de...

This paper will examine some political and economic forces and the possible interactions between them that will shape the current US negotiating positions in the WTO and FTAA.Abstract: Este trabajo examina algunas de las fuerzas políticas y económicas, y las posibles interacciones entre ellas,...

In the semester following the Doha Ministerial, WTO Members were able to set up the essential elements of the Work Program decided by Ministers at Doha (November 2001), including the negotiations mandated in the declaration.Abstract: Lo anterior permitió que iniciaran negociaciones en diversas...

Trade liberalization is a positive sum game from which all can benefit. Well-defined rules, and the mechanisms of making binding commitments and concessions, are beneficial to increasing the stability of reforms.

This presentation was presented in the 4th Hemispheric Meeting of the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the on September 17th and 18th, 2002. This brief presentation reflects on the links between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Free Trade Area of the...

In the semester following the Doha Ministerial, WTO Members were able to set up the essential elements of the Work Program decided by Ministers at Doha (November 2001), including the negotiations mandated in the declaration.