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Open Regionalism in Latin America: The Impact on Trade Facilitation

Open Regionalism in Latin America: The Impact on Trade Facilitation. Vivianne Ventura Dias Division of integration and international trade Second International Forum on Trade Facilitation Geneva, 14-15 may 2003. Regionalism implies discrimination; Spaghetti bowl: hubs and spokes;

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Open Regionalism in Latin America: The Impact on Trade Facilitation

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  1. Open Regionalism in Latin America: The Impact on Trade Facilitation Vivianne Ventura Dias Division of integration and international trade Second International Forum on Trade Facilitation Geneva, 14-15 may 2003

  2. Regionalism implies discrimination; Spaghetti bowl: hubs and spokes; Trade and investment strategy; A fact of life. OPEN REGIONALISM

  3. Canada United States Centro American Common Market (CACM) Mexico Costa Rica Andean Community (AC) Nicaragua Panama Cuba Dom. Rep. El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Colombia Peru Venezuela Chile Ecuador Bolivia LAIA Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Argentina Brazil Caribbean Community CARICOM Paraguay Uruguay Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECO) European Union OPEN REGIONALISM IN LATIN AMERICA

  4. Building blocks or stumbling blocks? How do preferential trade agreements (PTAs) relate to multilateral agreements? GATT-plus and GATT-minus commitments. OPEN REGIONALISM: IN ASIA AND IN LATIN AMERICA

  5. Preferential and non-preferential rules of origin; Discriminatory trade; Lack of uniformity in rules and procedures. RULES OF ORIGIN: CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS

  6. Protection to regional producers of intermediate goods; Investment promotion and trade deviation; Restrictive rules and market access problems. RULES OF ORIGIN: ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

  7. Coexistence of several rules and administrative procedures: Latin American integration association (LAIA); North American free trade agreement (NAFTA); European union; Sector-specific rules. ORIGIN REGIMES IN LATIN AMERICA

  8. Operational private and public costs; Financial and human resources for adequate and expeditious trade flows; The burden of compliance; Dispute settlement mechanisms; Rules of origin in the new security environment. RULES OF ORIGIN AND TRADE FACILITATION IN LATIN AMERICA

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