In der argentinischen Währungskrise ist erstmals ein Currency Board System zusammengebrochen. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, warum diese Art des Währungssystems eingeführt worden ist, warum sich zunächst große Erfolge einstellten und warum sie schon den Keim des Scheiterns in sich trugen. Zunächst...

At present, carbon footprint labelling is at the heart of debates on the environmental impact of products, but there are other environmental criteria related to the sustainability of products that could also have an impact on developing countries' exports in the future. Furthermore, this issue...

In May 2004 ten new members are incorporated to the European Union (EU) which, considered on the whole, represent a GDP which is four times greater than the Argentine GDP. With this expansion, the EU population will increase by 24%, its surface will increase by 28%, and the GDP will increase by...

Argentina has an ambitious trade negotiations agenda for the coming years, both at the multilateral level (WTO) and the regional level (FTAA, MERCOSUR-EU, etc.). In this paper an initial assessment is made of the economic impact of the concessions (on the part of Argentina and of the future...

Trade between the countries of the Andean Community (AC) and Mercosur showed a positive trend throughout the nineties, although it slowed down in the second half of the decade and beginning of this decade. It can also be seen that if trade flows between the AC and Mercosur are adjusted according...

The South-South trade offers a wide spectrum of opportunities for developing countries, given the complementary feature existing and the underexploitation of trade among the economies in the hemisphere. For the purpose of taking advantage of those opportunities, in June 2004, the third round of...

Trade relations with the European Union are of critical importance to our country. Historically, and aside from economic cycles and trade agreements that may have geographically redirected trade flows, the Old World is one of Argentina's main trade partners, both in terms of the origin of our...