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245	1	0	_aAnnual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1997 _h[electronic resource] _bTrade, towards open regionalism:proceedings of a conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay _cShahid Javed Burki.
260			_aWashington, D.C. _bThe World Bank _c1998.
300			_a1 online resource (285 p.)
520			_aThis third Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) focuses on trade liberalization policy, specifically " open regionalism, " a term coined to describe the fact that 1) regionalism has gone hand in hand with unil ateral trade opening:statistics on tariff and non-tariff measures affecting imports show that protectionist policies have been dismantled in the major LAC countries during the last decade; 2) regionalism has gone hand in hand with a substantial liberalization of investment regimes:provisions, including national treatment provisions, in regional trading arrangements show that several LAC countries treat foreign direct investment on exactly the same footing as domestic investment; and 3) most LAC countries are willing to participate in building a hemispheric free-trade zone and have been active, pro-liberalization members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Speeches emphasized the political returns from trade integration:reciprocal lock-in, alliances created among pro-reform factions, pro-integration movements across countries, civil society integration, more-likely peaceful settlements to disputes, and general advancement of harmony in the Western Hemisphere through atmospherics, through positive incentive structures, and through cross-country coalitions. Because these positive linkages are largely implicit and not unduly burdensome, they make regional integration consistent with convergence toward global trade integration.
650		0	_aEconomic Theory and Research.
650		0	_aEmerging Markets.
650		0	_aFree Trade.
650		0	_aInternational Economics & Trade.
650		0	_aLaw and Development.
650		0	_aMacroeconomics and Economic Growth.
650		0	_aPrivate Sector Development.
650		0	_aPublic Sector Development.
650		0	_aTrade Law.
650		0	_aTrade Policy.
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library.
856	4	0	_uhttps://resources.library.brandeis.edu/login?url=https://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821342725 _yONLINE ACCESS AVAILABLE
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