Trade Policy and Specialization

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Date issued
Dec 2009
Subject
Trade Agreement;
Integration and Trade;
Globalization and Regionalization
Category
Working Papers
This paper examines the impact of trade policy on production specialization patterns in ten Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) over the period 1990-2001, and explicitly assesses the potential implications of a trade agreement with the United States.