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Latin America has a pivotal role to play in international trade negotiations. This book focuses on the key issues for Latin American countries' participation in trade negotiations on the shifting ground of expanding trade agendas, diversifying negotiation fora and emerging coalitions. Through analysis of the management of sectors, the management of competition and conflict and the interplay of interests and coalitions, Diana Tussie and a team of local and international experts unravel the strands of the complex web of trade negotiations.
List of contents
List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Acronyms Introduction: On Shifting Ground: The Crossroads of Regional and Sectoral Associations; D.Tussie PART I: INTERESTS, COALITIONS AND SCENARIOS Latin American and Caribbean Interests in the WTO; M.de Paiva Abreu Sectoral Coalitions: The Case of Services; A.Narlikar & N.Woods Unfolding Scenarios; P.da Motta Veiga PART II: THE MANAGEMENT OF SECTORAL MARKET ACCESS The Negotiation on Agriculture; M.Diaz-Henderson Liberalization of Trade in Services; L.Abugattas Majluf & S.Stephenson The Interplay of Multilateral Agreements and Domestic Regulations in Telecommunications; P.Bastos Tigre PART III: THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPETITION AND CONFLICT Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment; D.Chudnovsky & A.López The Policy Implications of Schumpeterian Competition; J.Tavares de Araujo Jr. Commercial Defence Policy: Issues at Stake; M.Tortora & D.Tussie Settling Disputes; A.Weston & V.Delich Bibliography Index
About the author
MARCELO DE PAIVA ABREU Professor of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
LUIS ABUGATTAS Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Institute of the National Society of Industries
PAULO BASTOS TIGRE Professor of Industrial Organization, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DANIEL CHUDNOVSKY Professor of Development Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
VALENTINA DELICH Researcher, FLACSO, Argentina
MARISA DIAZ HENDERSON Researcher, Argentine Mission to the UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland
ANDRÉS LÓPEZ Associate Professor of Economic Development, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
PEDRO DA MOTTA VEIGA President, Brazilian Society for Transnational Business studies and Economic Globalization
AMRITA NARLIKAR Research Fellow, St Johns College, Oxford, UK
SHERRY STEPHENSON Deputy Director, Trade Unit of the Organization of American States
JOSÉ TAVARES DE ARAUJO Jr. Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MANUELA TORTORA Co-ordinator of the Commercial Diplomacy Program, UNCTAD
ANN WESTON Vice-President, The North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada
NGAIRE WOODS Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University College Oxford, UK
Summary
Latin America has a pivotal role to play in international trade negotiations. This book focuses on the key issues for Latin American countries' participation in trade negotiations on the shifting ground of expanding trade agendas, diversifying negotiation fora and emerging coalitions. Through analysis of the management of sectors, the management of competition and conflict and the interplay of interests and coalitions, Diana Tussie and a team of local and international experts unravel the strands of the complex web of trade negotiations.
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'...there is much in this book that repays careful study.' - Victor Bulmer-Thomas, International Affairs
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'...there is much in this book that repays careful study.' - Victor Bulmer-Thomas, International Affairs
