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...

This work presents a case study on solid waste management in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This privately-owned initiative involves the application of market instruments to boost the recycling of used plastic bottles.Abstract: Este trabajo presenta un estudio de caso exitoso implementado en la...

This document discusses the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and their effect on the pattern of trade. Specifically, this document addresses trade liberalization, preferential tariff liberalization, and obstacles to market access liberalization. This document is based on chapter 3 of the...

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 document is part of a series of papers commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank for the Regional Policy Dialogue. The paper basically discusses the macroeconomic impacts of trade agreements between Latin American countries and the United States, whether they be bilateral or a...

The world economy has entered dangerous and uncharted waters. The technology boom that played such a large part in the extraordinary United States economy during the 1990's has, within the last 18 months, turned into a technology bust.Abstract: La economía mundial se ha sumergido en aguas...

This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.Abstract: El presente documento pretende abordar una serie de preguntas sobre el diálogo entre los sectores público y privado en relación con...

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...

This memorandum will very briefly present the author's overall observations about the experience of the Dispute Settlement (DS) System of the World Trade Organization (WTO) this far.Abstract: Este reporte presentará brevemente observaciones generales del autor sobre el Sistema de Solución de...

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...