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Regional Integration in Latin America - The Pacific Alliance a Way Ahead
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The Pacific Alliance and Its Effect on Latin America: Must a Continental Divide be the Cost of a Pacific Alliance Success?

Abstract:
The Pacific Alliance, launched in 2011, has focused its energies upon advancing trade and integration while maintaining that the association is strictly apolitical—a first in Latin America. This note argues that while the Pacific Alliance will bring success to its member countries, this same success will divide Latin American nations.

The division will in turn cause decreased trade amongst the nations, and the region will lose the opportunity to engage in complementary growth. In order to mitigate these adverse effects, the Pacific Alliance should make efforts to maintain enduring and meaningful relations with the rest of Latin America. On the eve of its possible expansion, it is essential, however, that the Pacific Alliance maintain its focus on trade liberalisation and not become another refuge for politically like-minded countries.

Part II explains the different levels of integration offered by trade agreements and provides a brief history of regionalism in South America. To predict the future of the Pacific Alliance, the structure must be evaluated, and the past must be contextualised.

Part III presents the first argument of the paper, mainly that the Pacific Alliance will bring success to its member nations. The three factors required for a successful regional trade agreement are common national characteristics, policies that foster long-run economic growth, and the establishment of both a supranational entity and an effective dispute resolution system. Continue reading

March 18, 2016by Ana Maria Palacio
Books, Spanish

The Meaning of the Pacific Alliance: Key points of its Relevance and Challenges

Abstract:
Not available

Resumen:
Este libro  busca dar respuesta a muchas inquietudes que ha suscitado la Alianza del Pacífico. Aquí se ofrece un análisis sistemático de la historia de los procesos de integración latinomaericanos, de las características institutionales de la Alianza y de los retos que el nuevo bloque tendrá que afrontar en los años por venir.

En efecto, la Alianza constituye una oportunidad inédita para la integración latinoamericana y –por las razones que más adelante se señalan– tiene mayores probabilidades de éxito que todos los proyectos de integración del pasado. Sin embargo, esta iniciativa es tan vulnerable como todas las anteriores a los brotes de inestabilidad política que son comunes en la región. Este texto ilustra que se necesitará de la férrea fidelidad de los miembros a los principios fundadores de la Alianza, así como de un manejo inteligente de las institutiones supranacionales nacientes, para que el proyecto siga siendo viable.

Usando como base las demás experiencias de integración en Europa y América Latina, esta pequeña obra constribuye a una mejor comprensión de la Alianza del Pacífico y de su trascendencia, al tiempo que hace algunas recomendaciones sobre la futura conducción del bloque.

Author: Juan Fernando Palacio
Spanish Title: El Sentido de la Alianza del Pacífico: Claves de su Trascendencia y Retos
Full document: not available (Colección Ediciones EAFIT, 2014)

March 18, 2016by Ana Maria Palacio
Spanish, Theses

The Pacific Alliance: Analysis of the Contributions from the Agreements in the Farming Sector and the Agricultural Sub-Sector

Abstract:
This work emphasises the implications for the Colombian agricultural sub-sector within the farming sector of the implementation of the Pacific Alliance free trade agreement. Several studies forecast that this sector would be the most affected by the accord. The study aims to answer the following question: What are the opportunities and threats that the Pacific Alliance entails for the agricultural sub-sector within the farming sector?
The study considers aspects such as the free movement of goods and services, macro-economic profiles, historical development of trade, trade and social policies, the relevance of the agricultural sector and the farming sector, rules of origin in the agreement, tariff and phytosanitary measures, amongst other factors that characterise the Pacific Alliance.

Resumen:
Colombia es un país que ha logrado atraer la atención de diferentes países a nivel mundial debido al comportamiento económico que ha presentado en los últimos años. Gracias a estos resultados, es reconocida como mercado emergente debido a su rápido crecimiento interno en temas comerciales e industriales, y a sus notables y crecientes relaciones con otros países, entre otras características.

En América Latina nos encontramos con varios países con características e iniciativas comerciales similares a las nuestras; países como Perú, Chile y México cuentan con infraestructuras de mercado de tamaño significativo y gran potencial, además de la cercanía geográfica (a excepción de México) y una gran similitud entre sus culturas. En 2011 surgió una iniciativa de integración regional entre Colombia y estos países para desarrollar progresivamente una libre circulación económica, de bienes, servicios, y personas. Con miras a convertirse en una plataforma política, económica y comercial a nivel mundial, enfocándose en la región Asia-Pacífico. Esta iniciativa se conoce como Alianza del Pacífico (AP).

Uno de los subsectores más sensibles para los países miembros de la AP es el subsector agrícola. Debido a la baja diferenciación de productos y a la amenaza progresiva de un ingreso masivo de productos extranjeros a menor precio, pudiendo esto conseguir desestabilizar el mercado y afectando la producción interna o de los demás socios comerciales.

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March 18, 2016by Ana Maria Palacio

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