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La inminente extension de la Union Europea hacia el este ha reavivado la inquietud en America Latina por la posibilidad de un mayor aislacionismo en Europa. Sin embargo, es dificil que perjudique a America Latina el auge de las relaciones en materia de comercio e inversion extranjera directa entre los miembros actuales de la Union Europea y los paises de Europa central y oriental. En este articulo se concluye que las relaciones economicas futuras entre America Latina y la Union Europea dependen sobre todo de la reforma sostenida de la politica economica latinoamericana y del papel de la Union Europea en las negociaciones comerciales multilaterales, mas bien que de la ampliacion de la Union. (Rev CEPAL/DÜI)

En el presente estudio el autor demuestra, a traves de abundante informacion estadistica, los avances del proceso de integracion latinoamericana logrados durante los anos noventa. Senala, no obstante, que el mismo se ha reducido, casi exclusivamente, al campo economico-comercial. Advierte, por otro lado, acerca del reto de impulsar las politicas relativas a las comunicaciones y el transporte entre los paises miembros, y concluye planteando que, junto con la definicion y aplicacion de instrumentos especificos para liberar el acceso a los mercados, es necesario establecer una institucionalidad juridica que sustente y promueva el proceso, garantizando su consolidacion y sancionando el cumplimiento de los acuerdos. (DÜI-Rol)

Since World War II, the focus of power in the international labor movement is no longer in Europe. Events, in which American labor has played a significant role, have favored a definite trend toward decentralization and the strengthening of regional organization. This has been secured in part by the establishment of regional (Asian, European, Latin American) offices by inter national federations of unions in specific trades or industries, and in part by the creation of regional organizations in Europe, the Americas, and Asia by the In ternational Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The author discusses some of the problems involved in these trends, the specific difficulties which face the ex tension of the movement to Africa, and the rivalry between the leading world confederations of labor, the ICFTU and the Communist World Federation of Trade Unions.—Ed.

The relevance of transaction analysis to the study of regional integration has been the subject of controversy. In dialectical fashion though, this controversy has produced improved understanding. Early exponents, who tended at times to overestimate the efficacy of the transaction approach, have accepted its limitations, and, by the same token, some early critics of transaction analysis have accepted its usefulness. Overall, we have come to recognize that regional integration is a multidimensional phenomenon, much more complex than initially imagined. Transaction approaches are appropriate and useful for investigating some aspects of regional integration; they are less useful for investigating others.

After having recalled the two-way links between international migration & development & having placed migratory movements in the context of globalization, the author examines the new situation created by the strengthening of immigration control policies & the relevance of the alternative strategy that considers free trade as a substitute for migration. He examines to what extent the effects of economic liberalization are likely to modify the decision to emigrate. In conclusion, he outlines various implications for migration policies. 12 References. Adapted from the source document.

In a world of globalized markets, sizeable core states gain greater benefits from economic integration. Small peripheral states generally increase in trade incomes yet at cost of sovereignty and agenda decisions. Recent studies in the field of political economy have demonstrated that concerted economic integration efforts actually lead to disproportional gains for bigger powers at the expense of smaller neighboring states. This differential in integration benefits results in political disintegration for the latter. In the case of Asia Pacific, Taiwan is situated at the forefront of regional superpower China's unification campaign. We examine the history of Taiwan's cross-Straits relations highlighting its experience with China's various forms of power. For other smaller states in the region, what lessons can be learnt from Taiwan's experience in the last few decades characterized by China's "peaceful ascendance" and regional bloc initiative? We suggest that Taiwan serves as a reference for other states in the region. We discuss on the implications of China's economic integration projects, such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the role of Taiwan in the political economy of regional relations. Not only can its experience provide reference data for other small states like canary in the mines, but it can also be a facilitator of synergetic strategies among smaller state to broker new possibilities under China's expansive influence. (Asian Aff/GIGA)

Contemporary migratory pressures and their potential impact on the political, social, and economic relations between the North and the South.

States address many of today's global problems in international organizations (IOs). At the same time, regional international organizations (RIOs) play important roles in IOs, as a series of case studies suggests. RIO member states can speak on behalf of an RIO in IO negotiations. This paper explores under what conditions states voice RIO positions instead of national ones in IOs and thereby turn into agents of regionalization. Based on a novel dataset of more than 500 international negotiations and a quantitative analysis of theory-guided International Relations hypotheses, this paper shows that states are increasingly likely to negotiate on behalf of an RIO, when they regard grouping positions into regional blocs in IO negotiations as more effective, when they have a formal role as RIO chair, and when they possess financial and staff capacities needed in order to voice a regional position in international negotiations.