The NAFTA and MERCOSUR agreements seem to have accelerated the regional integration process respectively within North … and South of America. In the South in particular, MERCOSUR has led to trade liberalisation and deregulation, which has … differentiated goods using a comparison of the unit values. With the increase of intra-industry trade, it appears that MERCOSUR has …

convergence of the North-South area NAFTA with that of the South-South area SICA and the one of the MERCOSUR. We apply GSL fixed … that Southern agreement areas clearly converge faster, whereas the within-convergence is faster for NAFTA. But when looking …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). It begins with a review of the historical evolution of ASEAN FTAs, which … captures the achievements of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and the efforts meant to lead to a further step of deeper …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 and the attempts to …

. Our case studies on Mercosur in Latin America, ASEAN and SAARC in Asia, and SADC in sub-Saharan Africa caution against …

This paper assumes that Mercosur has been under a crisis for the last four years, the main symptoms of which are … Tariff (CET); decreasing number of Mercosur decisions embodied in each country's domestic legal framework; Mercosur …'s incapacity to effectively negotiate free trade agreements (FTAs). Changes in BFP's paradigms and positions are used as main …

In the 90’s, the Mercosur countries experienced a strong growth of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). To … examine the relationship between FDI, trade and regional integration in the Mercosur, we tested different disaggregated … gravity equations on trade and FDI flows between two Mercosur members – Argentina and Brazil – and their partners during the …

trade bloc: the Mercado Común del Sur (mercosur).1 This bloc stands out as an ambitious agreement by four countries of the …

The welfare effects of PTAs are most directly linked to changes in trade prices, i.e., the terms of trade. This paper … employs a simple strategic pricing game in segmented markets to measure the effects of MERCOSUR on the pricing of 'non …-member' exports to the region. Working with detailed data on unit values and tariffs we find that the creation of MERCOSUR is …

. Our case studies on Mercosur in Latin America, ASEAN and SAARC in Asia, and SADC in sub-Saharan Africa caution against …