The strategic dynamics of Latin American trade / edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal, Ralph Espach, and Joseph S. Tulchin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aggarwal, Vinod K.

Espach, Ralph H.

Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial policy.

Latin America--Commercial policy.

Latin America.

Latin America--Commercial policy--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 294 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2004]

Summary:

This volume analyzes trade agreements in Latin America since the mid-1980s, and provides a theoretical framework that highlights the political-economic tradeoffs entailed in different trade strategies formulated and pursued by different countries in the region. It contains detailed, empirically grounded studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the Mercosur block as a whole.

Contents:

Diverging trade strategies in Latin America: a framework for analysis / Vinod K. Aggarwal and Ralph Espach

Using soft power to enhance trade strategies / Joseph S. Tulchin

The dynamics of state-business relations in the formulation of Latin American trade / Sylvia Maxfield

The FTAA: trade preferences and the art of the possible / Carol Wise

The proliferation of regional trade agreements in the Americas: an assessment of key issues / José M. Salazar-Xirinachs

Argentina's foreign trade strategy: the curse of the asymmetric integration in the world economy / Eduardo R. Ablin and Roberto Bouzas

Regional and transregional dimensions of Brazilian trade policy / Pedro da Motta Veiga

Chile's multidimensional trade policy / Osvaldo Rosales

Mexico's trade policy: improvisation and vision / Antonio Ortiz Mena

Trade strategies in the context of economic regionalism: the case of MERCOSUR / Alcides Costa Vaz

Conclusion / Vinod K. Aggarwal, Ralph Espach, and Joseph S. Tulchin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0804749000

0804748993

OCLC:

53375142