Prospects for Closer Economic Relations between Latin America and Asia

Akio Hosono and Shoji Nishijima
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Akio Hosono: Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan

No 121, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: Regional integration such as NAFTA, MERCOSUR and FTAA have been flourishing in Latin American countries in the 1990s. In addition to these multi-countries FTAs, many bilateral FTAs have also emerged both among Latin American countries and between them and extra-regional countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leading factors that are behind the proliferation of intra-regional and inter-regional FTAs of Latin American countries. We also discuss the prospects for bilateral FTAs between Latin America and Asia, particularly focusing on Japan-Mexico and Japan-Chile FTA. Finally, a new approach to cooperation between East Asia and Latin America, the East Asia Latin America Forum (EALAF), will be examined.

JEL-codes: F15 O53 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2001-05
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