This paper provides an analysis of the two channels of regional integration: integration via markets and integration via agreements. Given that East Asia and Latin America are two fertile regions where both forms of integrations have taken place, we examine the experiences of these two areas to...

El modelo TLC de Estados Unidos se convierte en un instrumento de integración “ideal” para mejorar sus intereses geopolíticos y geoeconómicos en el continente americano, pues facilita la construcción de peldaños o pequeños bloques que mejorarán su peso en la escena internacional y en...

This book proposes a renewal of 'Open Regionalism' in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aimed at achieving the region's goals of high growth with stability. The LAC region experienced a growth spurt with equity during the first decade of the 21st Century. It is well understood that an...