Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 1998

Includes bibliography

Opportunities for trade and investment between Latin America and Asia-Pacific: the link with APEC

Includes bibliography

Recent trade performance of Caribbean countries

Includes bibliography

A new generation of standards: implications for the Caribbean and Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Multilateral rules on competition policy: an overview of the debate

Includes bibliography

Illusory competitiveness: the apparel assembly model of the Caribbean Basin

Includes bibliography

The international competitiveness of the Costa Rican clothing industry

Includes bibliography

Foreign investment in Mexico after economic reform

Includes bibliography

Los regímenes de la inversión extranjera directa y sus regulaciones ambientales en México y Chile

Incluye Bibliografía

El debate sobre el sector agropecuario mexicano en el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte

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El efecto del TLCAN sobre las importaciones agropecuarias estadounidenses provenientes de México

Incluye Bibliografía

Cooperación ambiental en el NAFTA y perspectivas para el DR-CAFTA

Incluye Bibliografía

Effect of green machining on distortion and surface finishing in advanced ceramic

An alternative for grinding of sintered ceramic is the machining on the green state of the ceramic, which presents easy cutting without the introduction of harmful defects to its mechanical resistance. However, after sintering there are invariably distortions caused by the heterogeneous distribution of density gradients, which are located in the most outlying portions of the compacted workpiece. In order to minimize these density gradients, this study examined the influence of different allowance values and their corresponding influence in distortion after sintering alumina specimens with 99.8 % purity by turning operation using cemented carbide tool. Besides distortion, other output variables were analyzed, such as tool wear, cutting force and surface roughness of green and sintered ceramics. Results showed a distortion reduction up to 81.4%. Green machining is beneficial for reducing surface roughness in both green and sintered states. Cutting tool wear has a direct influence on surface roughness and cutting force.

Economic relations between Latin America and the high-performing Asian developing economies

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