The following paper analyses possible legal and economic arguments supporting the inclusion of an investment chapter in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which is currently on the negotiating agenda. In particular, by looking at some of the former integration efforts and their...

This third contribution to the seco/WTI workshop on regionalism addresses the Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that have and are shaping in the Western Hemisphere. First, it provides and introduction of the countries in the region, emphasising the diversities and proliferating RTAs, and offers...

Though the GATS targets market failures which affect the global provision of financial services (FS), it is far from offering optimal results. Part of the reason rests on the complex architecture of the agreement that allows for a considerable degree of variability in the level and progress of...