This article analyzes the proliferation of preferential trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere, the main economic and political motivations behind them and the changes that have occurred since the sixties in integration ...

This article analyzes the effects of trade policy on the patterns of location of foreign direct investment (FDI) by country and sector. Particular attention is paid to FDI in manufactures, for which the market size is a ...

This article examines the achievements and limits of the economic integration process in the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) subregion during the period 1989-2005. In accordance to the «open regionalism» approach embraced ...