The EU-Mercosul free trade agreement: Quantifying mutual gains

We identify trade in goods opportunities in a EU-Mercosul free trade area. Gains for Mercosul are rather concentrated, being mostly associated to a few agricultural commodities nowadays facing high protection barriers. EU gains are evenly spread, comprising a variety of market penetration possibilities. Trade deviation by the EU products is never higher than trade creation, confirming their international competitiveness and signalling that a great distortion of Mercosul’s imports won’t take place. Balanced gains exist for both sides; for Mercosul, the agreement can act as a first serious trial for future liberalisations with other developed partners, and as a warning on needed competitiveness improvements.

Gains from trade and measured total factor productivity

We develop and calibrate a model where diferences in factor en-dowments lead countries to trade di¤erent goods, so that the existence of international trade changes the sectorial composition of output from one country to another. Gains from trade re ect in total factor productivity. We perform a development decomposition, to assess the impact of trade and barriers to trade on measured TFP. In our sample, the median size of that e¤ect is about 6.5% of output, with a median of 17% and a maximum of 89%. Also, the model predicts that changes in the terms of trade cause a change of productivity, and that efect has an average elasticity of 0.71.

Brazilian competitiveness on international trade

In recent years, Brazil benefited from foreign trade expansion and its exports of goods grew by 16.5%. If this strong growth trend keeps up for the next years, today’s bottlenecks may have a negative impact on the competitiveness of the country’s products in the global market. This is especially critical for one of the main “green fuels” producers in a scenario where the demand for this energy source grows due to rising oil prices and environmental concerns. Based on a survey that collected data from 250 Brazilian exporters, this study focuses on the constraints that reduce the competitiveness of exports. This study differs from previous ones in that it considers the professionals directly involved with export activities and evaluates different aspects, including logistics, operations, taxes, legal, bureaucratic and informational ones. Results show that the most important constraints strongly affect costs and delivery reliability

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

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People's Republic of China and Latin America and the Caribbean: ushering in a new era in the economic and trade relationship

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Regional trade and growth in Asia and Latin America: the importance of productive complementarity

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Recent trade performance of Caribbean countries

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Analysis of the effects of trade opening on household welfare: an application to Chile, 1999-2006

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Trade, poverty and complementary policies in Latin America

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Poverty impacts of trade integration with the European Union: lessons for Ecuador

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Analysis of the effects of trade opening on household welfare: an application to Chile, 1999-2006

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Caribbean trade and integration: trends and future prospects

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The liberalization of environmental goods and services: overview and implications for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Rules of origin and trade facilitation in preferential trade agreements in Latin America

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Latin American South-South integration and cooperation: from a regional public goods perspective

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