Construyendo estrategias comerciales en América Latina contemporánea. La descuidada dimensión política del comercio internacional

The economic reforms of the nineties proposed a static view of comparative advantages, reducing trade policies to the management of tariffs and minimizing the multi-dimensional and strategic nature of an international economic insertion. Current discouraging results in Latin America regarding its ab...

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Main Author: Alfonso Dingemans
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Central de Chile 2013-07-01
Series:Revista Enfoques
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Online Access:http://www.politicaygobierno.cl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Enfoques18AlfonsoDingemans.pdf
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Summary:The economic reforms of the nineties proposed a static view of comparative advantages, reducing trade policies to the management of tariffs and minimizing the multi-dimensional and strategic nature of an international economic insertion. Current discouraging results in Latin America regarding its ability to generate higher added value to its exports suggest that this design should be restated. This article argues that more attention should be paid to linking trade strategies with soft power and particularly so with a national development strategy. Findings also suggest that the minimum institutional conditions for such a project are indeed present in Latin America.
ISSN:0718-0241