The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade

by Aggarwal, Vinod K.

• ISBN13: 9780804749008
• ISBN10: 0804749000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

The diversity of Latin American trade agreements established since the mid-1980s reflects a broadening range of strategic perceptions and orientations. The argument of this volume is that this increasing divergence among the arrangements reflects fundamental and growing differences among their broader strategic perceptions and political and economic objectives. These, in turn, are grounded in each country's economic profile, the institutional configuration of its trade policy process, and the constraints and opportunities policymakers perceive at the domestic and international levels. The opening chapter in this volume provides a theoretical framework that highlights the political-economic tradeoffs entailed in different trade strategies. The remaining chapters in sections I and II focus on domestic and international constraints involved in the formulation, pursuit, and implementation of trade policies. The last half of the volume contains detailed, empirically grounded studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the dynamics of Mercosur.

Author Biography

Vinod Aggarwal is Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Ralph H. Espach is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Joseph S. Tulchin is the Director of the Latin America Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Part I: Institutional and Political Elements of Trade Policy
1. Diverging Trade Strategies in Latin America: A Framework for Analysis	3	(34)
Vinod K. Aggarwal and Ralph Espach
2. Using Soft Power to Enhance Trade Strategies	37	(22)
Joseph S. Tulchin
Part II: The Political Economy of International Trade in the Americas
3. The Dynamics of State-Business Relations In the Formulation of Latin American Trade	59	(24)
Sylvia Maxfield
4. The FTAA: Trade Preferences and the Art of the Possible	83	(33)
Carol Wise
5. The Proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas: An Assessment of Key Issues	116	(43)
José M. Salazar-Xirinachs
Part III: Comparing Trade Strategies in the Americas
6. Argentina's Foreign Trade Strategy: The Curse of Asymmetric Integration in the World Economy	159	(16)
Eduardo R. Ablin and Roberto Bouzas
7. Regional and Transregional Dimensions of Brazilian Trade Policy	175	(14)
Pedro da Motta Veiga
8. Chile's Multidimensional Trade Policy	189	(24)
Osvaldo Rosales
9. Mexico's Trade Policy: Improvisation and Vision	213	(19)
Antonio Ortiz Mena L.N.
10. Trade Strategies in the Context of Economic Regionalism: The Case of MERCOSUR	232	(29)
Alcides Costa Vaz
Part IV: Conclusion and Prospects
11. Conclusion	261	(16)
Dinod K. Aggarwal, Ralph Espach, and Joseph S. Tulchin
Contributors	277	(2)
Index	279