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This article analyses the Brazilian trade policy and the dilemmas involved in the search of a more dynamic insertion in the world's international trade system. In view of the prevailing tendencies in the direction of globalization and regionalism, new rules and disciplines introduced in GATT's Uruguay Round, proposals coming from the United States and from the European Union, respectively, to become a partner in Free Trade Agreements, Brazil is confronted with strategic choices which will determine its long-term development's possibilities. ; This article analyses the Brazilian trade policy and the dilemmas involved in the search of a more dynamic insertion in the world's international trade system. In view of the prevailing tendencies in the direction of globalization and regionalism, new rules and disciplines introduced in GATT's Uruguay Round, proposals coming from the United States and from the European Union, respectively, to become a partner in Free Trade Agreements, Brazil is confronted with strategic choices which will determine its long-term development's possibilities.

The article suggests that, during the two last decades, the Mexican government has been adopting political & economic measures in tune with the economic integration model for the Americas proposed by the United States of America. Examples of this strategy are the unrestricted entry into North-American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) & the effort to consolidate the projects for a Mesoamerican Biological Corridor & the Puebla-Panama Plan. References. Adapted from the source document.

This paper discusses the prospects for the integration of South America, stressing that there are two competing projects. On the one hand, we have the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), as proposed by Washington, or bilateral free trade agreements with the United States in the FTAA format. On the other hand, we have Mercosur, recently expanded by the accession of Venezuela. Washington's still very significant but declining influence in South America, relations between Argentina and Brazil, Venezuela's entry into Mercosur, and the role of smaller countries are successively examined.(Rev Econ Polit/GIGA)

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the political economy of preferential trade agreements based on a sequential non-cooperative Stackelberg political game between a large economy and a small one, in which the political dispute of rival lobby groups defines the unilateral stance of both governments in the first stage and the Stackelberg "coalition-proof" equilibrium defines t the free trade agreement format in the second stage. Finally, a few modifications in the initial game structure are discussed in order to enhance the small economy's negotiation power. The political economy model is applied to FTAA case. (Rev Econ Polit/GIGA)

The signing of the Continental African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), in 2018, can be considered a historic feat both in terms of the number of participating countries
and the number of people and resources covered by it. However, historical problems regarding the African continent as a whole, added to the internal issues of member countries and the very magnitude of the agreement, pose considerable challenges to its effective compliance. Thus, the purpose of this article is to present the process of creating the AfCFTA, as well as to point out the various political and economic obstacles that can negatively affect its implementation.

This article aims to critically analyze, from an environmental perspective, the possibility of approval and putting into effect the Free Trade Agreement signed between the European Union and MERCOSUR, in 2019. Bearing in mind that one of the commitments derived from the treaty concerns the fulfillment of the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, regarding the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases and considering the current political-environmental panorama in Brazil, the question is: What are the prognoses about the future of the Agreement MERCOSUR-European Union, considering the current environmental, legal and political scenario regarding the probable non-compliance with the sustainability goals assumed by Brazil in the Paris Agreement, with regard to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the forest devastation in the Legal Amazon? To guide the proposed research, the normative-descriptive and comparative analysis methods will be adopted, using the bibliographic research technique, of documentary nature. ; Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar, de forma crítica, sob o viés ambiental, a possibilidade de aprovação e colocação em vigência do Acordo de livre comércio celebrado entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul, em 2019. Tendo em vista que um dos compromissos derivados do tratado diz respeito ao cumprimento das metas do Acordo de Paris sobre Alterações Climáticas, quanto à redução da emissão dos gases de efeito estufa e, considerando o atual panorama político–ambiental no Brasil, questiona-se: Quais são os prognósticos sobre o futuro do Acordo Mercosul-União Europeia, considerando-se o atual cenário ambiental, legal e político referente ao provável descumprimento das metas de sustentabilidade assumidas pelo Brasil no Acordo de Paris, no tocante à redução da emissão de gases de efeito estufa e às devastações florestais na Amazônia Legal? Para guiar a pesquisa proposta, serão utilizados os métodos de análise normativo-descritivo e comparativo, valendo-se da técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica, de cunho documental.