This book focuses on EU-MERCOSUR relations from a diplomatic and trade perspective against the background of the political agreement between the two in 2019. The authors take into consideration that EU-MERCOSUR cooperation developed during recent decades has tried, on the one hand, to build a strategic partnership to respond to the main challenges of international agendas and, on the other, to incorporate in Latin American countries the European new vision of transatlantic regionalism. Starting from a historical perspective of the development of interregionalism between the EU and MERCOSUR, the book goes on to study the geopolitical impacts of Brexit, stagnation of the EU-USA relationship, the COVID-19 pandemic, and of new geopolitical players in EU-LAC interregionalism. It discusses the legal institutional framework of the EU-MERCOSUR relations and provides a comparative view of features of MERCOSUR countries vis-à-vis the European Union. The book also analyses and provides a comprehensive overview of various aspects of interregional trade in the context of the 2019 agreement. Highly topical and authored by experts in this field, this book is of interest to a wide readership in the social sciences and economics: from political sociology to international relations, diplomacy studies and international trade.
Author(s): Mario Torres Jarrín, Lourdes Gabriela Daza Aramayo
Series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism, 21
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 213
City: Cham
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: EU-LAC Interregionalism History: From a Diplomatic Perspective
2.1 EU-LAC Interregionalism History: From Martino Report to EU-CELAC Summit
2.1.1 EEC Council
2.1.2 SELA Council
2.2 State of the Art of the EU-LAC Interregionalism
2.3 Conceptualisation of the EU External Actions to LAC Regional Integration Organisations
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Chapter 3: Geopolitical Aspects in EU-LAC Interregionalism
3.1 The Brexit Process
3.2 Stagnation of Transatlantic Relationship EU-USA
3.3 The COVID-19 Pandemic
3.4 New Geopolitical Players in the EU-LAC Interregionalism Process: Cooperation, Trade and Investment
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Chapter 4: The Historical and Legal Context of the European Union-MERCOSUR Relations
4.1 A Before and After in European Union-MERCOSUR Relations
4.2 A Historical Journey from 1991 to 2021
4.3 The New Stage of EU-MEROCUR Relations from 2022
4.4 China and MERCOSUR Future
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Chapter 5: Macroeconomic Analysis of the Characteristics of the Countries of MERCOSUR and Its Comparison with the European Uni...
5.1 Macroeconomic Analysis and Estimated Trends
5.1.1 Population
5.1.2 Economic Growth
5.1.3 Inflation Rates
5.1.4 Balance of Payments
5.1.5 Labour Market
5.2 Institutional Analysis
5.3 Business Analysis
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Database
Chapter 6: New Association Strategy in the MERCOSUR-European Union Relations
6.1 Tariff and Non-tariff Barriers and the Liberalisation of Trade
6.2 Market Access for Industrial Goods
6.3 Market Access for Agricultural Goods
6.3.1 Access to Raw Materials, Export Duties and Import and Export Restrictions
6.4 Technical and Non-technical Barriers to Trade
6.4.1 Trade Agreement Chapter 3: Customs and Trade Facilitation
6.4.2 Trade Agreement Chapter 5: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
6.4.3 Trade Agreement Chapter 6: Dialogue Forums
6.4.4 Trade Agreement Chapter 7: Technical Barriers to Trade
6.5 Free Movement of Personnel and Capital
6.6 Competition and Subsidies
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Chapter 7: The Current State of EU-MERCOSUR Trade Relations
7.1 Analysis of Commercial Exchange between the European Union and MERCOSUR
7.1.1 Main Products Exported to the European Union from MERCOSUR Countries
7.2 The Challenges of the New Association: The European Union and MERCOSUR
7.3 Analysis of Trade Relations between MERCOSUR and the European Union through a Gravity Model
7.3.1 Theory Background
7.4 Statistics Sources: Data
7.5 Methodology
7.6 Estimation Methods
7.6.1 The Institutional Factors
7.6.2 Results
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Chapter 8: Key Factors of Foreign Direct Investment in the MERCOSUR of the European Union
8.1 The Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Trade
8.2 Macroeconomic Determinants and Microeconomic Determinants
8.3 FDI by Country of Origin and Sectors to Which It Is Directed
8.3.1 Argentina
8.3.2 Brazil
8.3.3 Paraguay
8.3.4 Uruguay
8.4 Interests and Sectors for FDI
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Chapter 9: The Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Global Supply Chains
9.1 Changes in International Trade and EU-MERCOSUR Relations
9.2 Technology Industries Companies: The New Geopolitics of Interregional Actors
9.3 The Broader Context and Unquantifiable Factors
9.4 EU-MERCOSUR and Techplomacy
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Chapter 10: Conclusion
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