Trends In United States Trade With Latin America And The Caribbean And Trade Policy Towards The Region

Author : Craig VanGrasstek
Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789211217162
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trends in United States Trade with Latin America and the Caribbean and Trade Policy Towards the Region written by Craig VanGrasstek and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication reviews the present status and future prospects between the United States and the Latin American and Caribbean region. It examines the trade-policy making environment in the United States, and reviews pending and potential initiatives that might directly or indirectly affect the trade interest of the region. The study draws attention to four points: a relatively low priority of the current US administration to trade policy, consequences that may arise due to lack of importance, unaddressed agreements and programmes from the previous US administration, and the pressing need for the current administration to announce its objectives and timetable on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).

Author : International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1475586019
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cluster Report written by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cluster report takes stock of and explores opportunities for trade integration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Drawing on a set of 12 analytical studies that will be issued as working papers, the report examines the determinants of trade, explores the potential to enhance LAC’s trade integration, and assesses the associated economic and social effects. To deepen understanding of the region’s policy options and trade strategies, the report also incorporates the views of LAC country authorities based on responses to a survey. This provides an opportunity to examine the alignment of recommendations based on the analytical findings with the region’s current trade policy priorities, with the caveat that the survey was conducted between late 2015 and mid-2016, prior to the most recent developments in the global trade landscape.

Author : Luis Serven
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821383744
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons from NAFTA written by Luis Serven and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 'Lessons from NAFTA' aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico's average income per person. It is likely that the treaty also helped achieve a modest reduction in poverty and an improvement in job quality. This book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers interested in international trade and development.

Author : Laborde Debucquet, David
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade tensions: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean written by Laborde Debucquet, David and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To better understand the likely impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean of developments in global trade, we modeled a set of four scenarios to see how escalating trade tensions would affect the region’s economies and the potential for a regional response to mitigate possible negative impacts. This article reviews the results of that modeling exercise.

Author : Mauricio Mesquita Moreira
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 1597823651
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trading Promises for Results written by Mauricio Mesquita Moreira and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after the region embarked on large-scale liberalization, trade policy could have been expected to become all but irrelevant. Instead, a mismatch between expectations and what could realistically be delivered set the stage for much of the disappointment, skepticism, and fatigue regarding trade policy in the region, particularly in the early 2000s. By setting the bar unrealistically high, governments and analysts made trade policies an easy target for special interests that were hurt by liberalization and for those ideologically opposed to free trade. The most immediate victims were the more tangible growth and welfare gains, whose relevance was lost amid the noise of grandiose visions.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade Preferences written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Angeles Villarreal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade Integration in the Americas written by M. Angeles Villarreal and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have been a focus of United States trade policy, as demonstrated by the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Chile free trade agreement (FTA), and, more recently, the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The Bush Administration has made bilateral and regional trade agreements important elements of U.S. trade policy. The United States currently is in the process of completing trade negotiations with Andean countries for an FTA and on reactivating talks for a U.S.-Panama FTA and a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA is an on-going regional trade initiative that was first discussed in 1994 and formally started in 1998. The last FTAA trade ministerial meeting was held in Miami in November 2003, but the talks are currently stalled. The efforts of the United States in regional trade integration in the Americas are significant for Congress because U.S. entry into any free trade agreement may only be done with the legislative approval of the Congress. U.S. supporters of trade integration in the Americas believe it helps U.S. economic and political interests in several ways. Proponents believe that the movement towards trade integration of the Americas is beneficial for U.S. prosperity, and also serves to strengthen democratic regimes and support U.S. values and security. Forming closer economic relations with countries in the region is seen by some as a means to improve cooperation on other issues such as the environment and anti-drug efforts. U.S. opponents of trade integration proposals are mainly concerned that hemispheric free trade would lead to a loss of jobs in the United States through increased import competition or as a result of U.S. companies shifting production to lower-wage countries with weak labor standards. The number of regional trade agreements in the Americas has been increasing since the 1990s. Major trade arrangements include NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in South America, the Andean Community (CAN), the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), the Central American Common Market (CACM), and the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI). With a total of 12 trade agreements involving over 40 countries, Mexico is one of the countries with the highest number of agreements. Supporters note that if countries in the Western Hemisphere ultimately establish an FTAA, it could have as many as 34 members and nearly 800 million people, nearly twice the population of the European Union. Trade integration in the Americas is of interest to policymakers because of the implications for the United States. Issues under debate include the pros and cons of deepened trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, and whether the current focus on bilateral and regional FTAs is the most appropriate trade policy. Some analysts do not believe that such a policy is a good idea because it is creating a complicated network of trade agreements throughout the region could slow down the FTAA process. Others believe that regional trade agreements lead to the consolidation of regional trade areas into larger free trade areas, and although a slow process, may eventually lead to a hemispheric free trade area.

Author : M. Delal Baer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S.-Latin American Trade Relations written by M. Delal Baer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Inter American Development Bank
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mobilizing Aid For Trade written by Inter American Development Bank and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) as a contribution to the regional meeting on Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Latin America and the Caribbean, organized jointly by the IDB and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in collaboration with the World Bank, and hosted by the Government of Peru in Lima on September 13-14, 2007. The meeting is the first of three regional meetings organized by the WTO to prepare for its November 2007 General Council meeting on aid for trade.

Author : J. F. Hornbeck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S.-Latin America Trade written by J. F. Hornbeck and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade is one of the more enduring issues in contemporary U.S.-Latin America relations. Latin America is far from the largest U.S. regional trade partner, but historically is the fastest growing one. The United States has implemented comprehensive reciprocal trade agreements with most of its important trade partners in Latin America. Agreements with Panama and Colombia have been signed but not implemented, pending congressional action. Countries south of the Caribbean Basin have been reluctant to enter into such a deal because it does not meet their primary negotiation objectives. This report looks at the status, implications, and alternatives to current free trade agreements in the region.