Prospects for Free Trade in the Americas
(Washington:
Institute for International Economics, 2001)
August 2001 � 152 pp. ISBN
paper 0-88132-275-X � $16.00
Negotiations on a
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) were officially launched at the Santiago
Summit in April 1998. This study examines the prospects for the FTAA in light
of recent economic and political turmoil in Latin America and the continuing
impasse over US "fast-track" authority. The study evaluates progress
to date in the trade talks and proposals for accelerating the target date of
January 2005 for concluding negotiations, and it takes into account the results
of the April 2001 Quebec Summit. It surveys regional interests in the
wide-ranging negotiating agenda and assesses the "readiness" of
countries to participate in a hemisphere-wide free trade zone (based on updated
"readiness indicators" originally developed by Hufbauer and Schott in
their 1994 study, Western Hemisphere Economic
Integration).
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The
Road to Free Trade in the Americas 575.9KB
2. Readiness
Indicators for Latin America and Caribbean 2.6MB
3. The
FTAA: Objectives and National Interest 301.4KB
4. Current
Challenges and Prospects 99.9KB
References
Index