Toward Free Trade in the Americas

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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Maryse Robert
Rowman & Littlefield, 2004 M05 13 - 352 páginas

In the past 15 years, the nations of the Western Hemisphere have staged a remarkable revolution—in the way they trade with their neighbors. First, after decades of restrictive import policies, several countries began to liberalize their trade and investment regimes. Then, beginning a decade ago, numerous bilateral and sub-regional trade agreements were achieved, to serve as vital complements to domestic reforms and to foster trade flows among member countries. At the Second Summit of the Americas in 1998, negotiations among 34 democracies were launched to establish the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This report takes stock of the remarkable progress to date in the development of free trade in the Western Hemisphere. It examines trade flows between countries in the same regional groupings and between members of different sub-regional arrangements. The report describes the main characteristics of the trade arrangements signed between countries of the Hemisphere and explores the development of trade rules in these arrangements. Finally, the report details recent advances in the construction of the FTAA.

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Introduction
1
Trade and Investment Flows Hemispheric Trends
7
Trade and Investment Flows in the Americas
9
Regional Trade Arrangements
43
Customs Unions
45
Free Trade Agreements
87
Preferential and Partial Scope Trade Agreements
108
Trade in Goods and Agriculture
125
Investment
186
Intellectual Property Rights
207
Competition Policy
230
Government Procurement
244
Dispute Settlement
255
The Road Ahead The Free Trade Area of the Americas
277
The FTAA Process From Miami 1994 to Quebec 2001
279
Integration and Interdependence in the Americas
303

Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade
141
Services
163

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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs is the chief trade advisor at the Organization of American States. Maryse Robert is a senior trade specialist with the Trade Unit of the OAS.

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