This paper analyses the recent evolution of economic integration in South America, identifying the heterogeneous strategies that have been implemented. The analysis distinguished between issues that are a potential source for conflict, and issues where there exists a wider scope for achieving...

In the paper the endogenous trade model follows the Grosman and Helpman (1994 y 1995) tradition. The structure of the economy is characterised by a specific factor trade model and consumers' preferences are quasilinears. Owners of specific factors all are organised in lobby groups and the...

The basic goal of this paper is to develop an endogenous trade policy model in the Grossman and Helpman (1994) tradition that could endogenise the number of lobby groups in the economy. The game has three stages. In the first stage, the consumer that owns a specific factor decides whether to...

This paper sheds some light on two issues related to recent the multilateral trade agreements (Ronda Uruguay of GATT and the creation of WTO). First, are they binding for the design of trade policies in Uruguay? Second, how have they posed restrictions on these policies? In the first chapter a...

The paper develops two questions. The first is related of what the Uruguay might be expected from the MERCOSUR. The paper concludes highlighting the requisite of sharing a common will among the members country to advance in the integration process. While in the present time the MERCOSUR has sign...

With the signature of the Asuncion Treaty by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in July 1991, the four countries implemented an ambitious program to reduce tariffs and non-tariff barriers on their reciprocal trade; a common policy toward third countries was implemented in 1995. As MERCOSUR...

When the process of trade liberalisation started in Brazil in the late 1980s, a regime of temporary trade protection was put in place. This paper describes the use of TTB by Brazilian’s authority over the last two decades. We found them to be highly concentrated in a few sectors and to heavily...

En este libro se presentan en forma sistemática las principales dimensiones asociadas al comercio de servicios, particularmente referido a Telecomunicaciones y Bancos, considerando las negociaciones internacionales, las regulaciones domésticas y su efecto restrictivo, la estructura y el...

En este libro se reúnen los resultados de un proyecto de investigación desarrollado entre los años 2002 y 2003 en el marco del segundo programa de Cooperación entre el IDRC y la Red MERCOSUR (Proyecto III – Comercio). Esta investigación tuvo por objeto describir y evaluar la política...