Suchergebnisse

In the multilateral negotiating context in Geneva, developed countries seek, often aggressively, to impose agendas that are more favorable to their interests. This text seeks to expose, from the perspective of developing countries, and Brazil in particular, the difficulties inherent in multilateral work at the time they were experienced, as well as the efforts to overcome them. The focus of attention is modulated, sometimes focusing on the GATT (institution that preceded the WTO) and the negotiations on the new themes of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations (1986-1994), now on the nascent diplomatic articulations on the issue of the environment; or even in the negotiations on disarmament, these at a more recent moment, with the conclusion of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

The relationship between Brazil and Argentina has experienced moments of political engagement as well as political dissociation. Despite of that, these two nations revealed a converging tendency in their recent history as far as the geoeconomical aspect of their trading potential is concerned. Having in mind primarily the attempts to provide regional advantages for its member countries by setting low tariffs in order to stimulate the flow of goods, services, and capital investment, Mercosul should now focus additionally on the political and social dimensions of each one of the states involved. (Polit Externa/DÜI)