Total Western Hemisphere exports to the world fell by over 6 percent in 2002, continuing the decline recorded in 2001 … but at a lower rate. The international recovery evident in early 2002 subsequently lost momentum and the downturn has … continued to have adverse effects on the trade of the Americas. …

This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries … empirical strategy benefits from the fact that about half of Latin American countries have signed a trade agreement with the … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

Neither regional integration nor trade is a welfare or policy objective in itself. If countries are pursuing policies … definition: there is a long history of seeing integration through trade as a way of preventing conflict among countries. …

integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these and other countries and world regions. …

IDB's Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division. This marks a reversal of a two-year trend that saw exports from …Total Western Hemisphere exports to the world increased by 5 percent in 2003, according to preliminary estimates by the …

Preliminary estimates by the IDB indicate that the growth of Latin American exports in 2004 will be the highest in the …

international trade. The book finds that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transport costs that are generally higher …The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport … costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The region can no longer rely solely on trade …