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O Mercosul enfrenta problemas derivados do nāo cumprimento de seus objetivos principais, quais sejam, a efetivaçāo de uma zona de livre comércio completa e uma uniāo aduaneira integrada por normas e tarifas verdadeiramente comuns. Esses problemas nāo sāo, contudo, o resultado de fragilidades próprias ao Mercosul ou de suas deficiências institucionais, e sim a conseqüência da instabilidade macroeconômica que atingiu seus principais países membros, com as dificuldades derivadas de processosinconclusos de estabilizaçāo. Para vencer essa fase, o artigo recomenda o aprofundamento do processo de integraçāo entre o Brasil e a Argentina, ao mesmo tempo em que se abre um espaço e um cronograma adicionais para a adequāçāo das regras relativas à uniāo aduaneira à presente situaçāo de reconstruçāo do

Nowadays, influenced by the European experience, several Brazilian economies have given special attention to the possibility of a currency union among the countries of Mercosul. This paper makes a brief analysis of the main theoretical aspects that represent the basis for the proposition of a currency area. Besides this, the paper shows two distinct views in the national literature concerning the hypothesis of the creation of a currency area for the Mercosul. The main conclusion of this article is that the proposal mentioned above is not feasible, because the costs of macroeconomic coordination are too high. (Rev econ polit/DÜI)

This article examines the European Union's ability to act as an international actor in the interregional dialogues through an analysis of its behavior towards the Mercosur countries from 1991 to 2003. The first part discusses approaches concerning the perceptions of the European Union as an international actor. The second one examines the development of interregional dialogues. The article presents a brief framework of the relations European Union/Latin America during this period. It analyses the Interregional Framework Cooperation Agreement, emphasizing the political dimension, & the advances & obstacles in the negotiations towards trade liberalization. The conclusion evaluates the actions of the European Union as an international actor in relation to the Mercosur members. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.

Mercosur: the dilemma between the customs union and a free trade area. In 2001, the government of Argentina - facing a major economic crisis - took a rather controversial decision and reduced the tariff rates of all capital goods to zero. This became a main source of conflict with Brazil, the only country of Mercosur that produces such goods. This paper discusses two possible scenarios for the resolution of this issue. In the first one, the countries would opt for the maintenance of the customs union. The authors present some suggestions for the rebuilding of the Common External Tariff (CET), by which the countries would take a middle course acceptable to all. The other possible outcome would be a step back in the direction of a free trade area, with no CET at all. (Rev Econ Polit/GIGA)