Trade Negotiations in Latin America: Problems and Prospects

by D. Tussie

Overview

Latin America has a pivotal role to play in international trade negotiations. This book focuses on the key issues for Latin American countries' participation in trade negotiations on the shifting ground of expanding trade agendas, diversifying negotiation fora and emerging coalitions. Through analysis of the management of sectors, the management of competition and conflict and the interplay of interests and coalitions, Diana Tussie and a team of local and international experts unravel the strands of the complex web of trade negotiations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333987230
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/26/2002
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

MARCELO DE PAIVA ABREU Professor of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil LUIS ABUGATTAS Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Institute of the National Society of Industries PAULO BASTOS TIGRE Professor of Industrial Organization, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil DANIEL CHUDNOVSKY Professor of Development Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina VALENTINA DELICH Researcher, FLACSO, Argentina MARISA DIAZ HENDERSON Researcher, Argentine Mission to the UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland ANDRÉS LÓPEZ Associate Professor of Economic Development, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina PEDRO DA MOTTA VEIGA President, Brazilian Society for Transnational Business studies and Economic Globalization AMRITA NARLIKAR Research Fellow, St Johns College, Oxford, UK SHERRY STEPHENSON Deputy Director, Trade Unit of the Organization of American States JOSÉ TAVARES DE ARAUJO Jr. Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil MANUELA TORTORA Co-ordinator of the Commercial Diplomacy Program, UNCTAD ANN WESTON Vice-President, The North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada NGAIRE WOODS Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University College Oxford, UK

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Acronyms Introduction: On Shifting Ground: The Crossroads of Regional and Sectoral Associations; D.Tussie PART I: INTERESTS, COALITIONS AND SCENARIOS Latin American and Caribbean Interests in the WTO; M.de Paiva Abreu Sectoral Coalitions: The Case of Services; A.Narlikar & N.Woods Unfolding Scenarios; P.da Motta Veiga PART II: THE MANAGEMENT OF SECTORAL MARKET ACCESS The Negotiation on Agriculture; M.Diaz-Henderson Liberalization of Trade in Services; L.Abugattas Majluf & S.Stephenson The Interplay of Multilateral Agreements and Domestic Regulations in Telecommunications; P.Bastos Tigre PART III: THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPETITION AND CONFLICT Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment; D.Chudnovsky & A.López The Policy Implications of Schumpeterian Competition; J.Tavares de Araujo Jr. Commercial Defence Policy: Issues at Stake; M.Tortora & D.Tussie Settling Disputes; A.Weston & V.Delich Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...there is much in this book that repays careful study.' - Victor Bulmer-Thomas, International Affairs

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