Abstract
This Manual is part of the teaching material prepared especially for the use of training workshops dealing with techniques for collecting information, country by country, on all measures pertaining to trade in services in the countries of the western hemisphere. The Manual is designed to be updated as the training workshops progress, to take account of the suggestions and improvements that come out of these.
The Manual includes basic background material on quantitative aspects of services trade in the world and in the countries of the hemisphere (Section I);. Next, information is give…
En este artículo se examinan los fundamentos, objetivos y resultados de la política comercial lateral adoptada por Chile a partir de la década de 1990. En particular, se busca clarificar el papel de los acuerdos bilaterales e incorporar a la discusión la evidencia empírica observada en el caso de Chile. Se concluye que las críticas que se han formulado a esta política, especialmente por quienes privilegian la apertura unilateral por sobre otras opciones, se basan en un análisis limitado de los fundamentos teóricos del comercio internacional. Por ello, se argumenta, es importante am…
This article looks at the bases, objectives and results of the lateral trade policy adopted by Chile in the 1990s. In particular, it seeks to give a clearer idea of the role of bilateral agreements and to incorporate into the discussion the empirical evidence observed in the case of Chile. It concludes that the criticisms levelled at this policy, especially by those who advocate unilateral trade openness rather than other options, are based on an incomplete analysis of basic international trade theory. It is therefore argued that the economic concepts taken into account in evaluati…
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