A view from Brazil

Barbosa, Rubens Antônio

doi:10.1162/016366001300093101

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“…In other words, the broad stance has remained one based on WTO compatibility, seen as yet to be achieved, but at the same time it emphasizes that a WTO-plus format must be genuinely WTO-plus and must reach across the full range of negotiating areas, including those areas excluded unilaterally from the negotiating agenda by the United States. The Brazilians, in particular, have been adamant from the start of the negotiations that an FTAA would need to be "comprehensive" if it were to be either meaningful or acceptable (Barbosa 2001). Market acdess issues, furthermore, have been seen as going hand in hand with issues of trade remedies, in that any concessions forthcoming from the United States on market access might easily be eroded by the discretionary use of these instruments (de Paiva Abreu 2002, 20).…”

Section: Regional Economic Regimementioning

confidence: 99%

U.S. Power and the Politics of Economic Governance in the Americas

Phillips

2005

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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This article examines the nature of the emerging regional economic regime in the Americas and argues that the dominant approach to economic governance is one defined by the assertion of U.S. power in the region and oriented toward distinctively U.S. interests and preferences. This has been clearly evident in the evolution of the Free Trade Area of the Americas but also, with the deceleration and fragmentation of that process during 2002 and 2003, in the growing prioritization of bilateralism. The leverage afforded by the bilateral negotiation of trade agreements acts to situate primary influence in shaping the rules that constitute the regional economic regime, and the primary functions associated with governing in this context, firmly within the agencies of the U.S. state. This essay therefore explores how the hegemonic power of the United States manifests itself in the substance of the hemispheric project and the shape of the economic regime associated with it.

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Section: Regional Economic Regimementioning

confidence: 99%

U.S. Power and the Politics of Economic Governance in the Americas

Phillips

2005

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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“…If the United States is prepared to address the sensitive issues that interest Latin American countries, such as agriculture and antidumping actions, and if negotiations are based on reciprocitydecisionmaking by consensus, single undertaking (i.e., nothing is agreed until everything is agreed), and market access in all sectors-then the relationship between the United States and Latin America will surely have reached a new cooperative level. 6 This new level of cooperation requires U.S. respect for standing agreements within the framework of other integration initiatives under way in Latin America, such as Mercosul. Latin American countries have had to come a long way to perceive themselves finally as belonging to the same region, sharing a common heritage in terms of history, language, and creed.…”

Section: A New Regional Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%