Mercosur - Changing Course?
Abstract
Issues
The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:
- To appreciate the efforts of developing economies to give up belligerent policies and strive for economic development
- To recognize the efforts made toward Latin American integration
- To understand the various stages and aspects of economic integration as well as the benefits and challenges in accomplishing them
- To comprehend how the external environment can affect the growth and functioning of a trade bloc
- To understand the interplay between national politics and regional integration
Contents |
Introduction |
Background Note |
Creation of Mercosur: The Initial Years |
Mercosur: An Incomplete Customs Union |
The Crises |
Effects of the Financial Crises |
Exhibit |
Keywords
MERCOSUR, Customs Union, The Latin American Free Trade Association, Latin American Integration Association, Free Trade Area, Common External Tariff, Tariff Barriers, Non-Tariff Barriers, Treaty of Asuncion, European Union, The Ouro Preto Protocol, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Andean, Community, South American Free Trade Area, Monetary Union, Latin American, Trade Area