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Author:   Marianne Wiesebron ,  Paolo Vizentini
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781842773130

ISBN 10:   1842773135
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Paulo Fagundes Vizentini and Marianne Louise Wiesebron Part I: Strategic Issues 2. The FTAA and the US Strategy: A Southern Point of View - Paulo Fagundes Vizentini 3. The US, the FTAA, and the Parameters of Global Governance - Dorval Brunelle 4. Through the Looking Glass: A Canadian Perspective on the NAFTA as a forerunner to the FTAA - Marc Lee Part II: FTAA: Structures and Procedures 5. The Puzzle of Institutionalising a Free Market Continental Zone - The nuts and bolts of the FTAA - Michel Duquette and Maxime Rondeau 6. The Forgotten Society:Lack of Transparency and Democracy - Marianne L. Wiesebron 7. Social and Economic Rights within the Context of the FTAA - Jorge Witker Part III: Implications for South America 8. Brazil, Mercosur, the FTAA and Europe - Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães 9. Brazil's strategy toward the FTAA - Jan van Rompay Part IV: Wider Consequences of the FTAA 10. FTAA: Implications for the World Trade System - Pitou van Dijck 11. FTAA versus the EU Association Agreements - Willy J. Stevens 12. The impact of the FTAA on Japan and China - Kurt W. Radtke 13. China's Reaction and Strategy towards the Creation of the FTAA - Yang Zerui 14. Effects of the FTAA on Japan - Mitsuhiro Kagami 15. Conclusions - Raymond Buve

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'A most useful handbook on FTAA, explaining the origins and progress of the negotiations, including multilateral discussions and those bilateral agreements already drafted.' British Bulletin of Publications 'A generally well argued and insightful assessment of the process of regional integration in the Western Hemisphere, the volume is quite prescient in its observations...In November 2003 negotiations ground to a halt, and an 'FTAA-lite' formula was agreed, by which states would be required to accept trade commitments on a selective rather than a comprehensive basis. In order to understand why this route was taken and why no agreement on the FTAA has yet been reached the present volume provides a good introduction to the issues of concern.' Economic Issues 'Invaluable for teaching, and they should inspire additional research into the politics of regional integration.' Latin America Research Review

'A most useful handbook on FTAA, explaining the origins and progress of the negotiations, including multilateral discussions and those bilateral agreements already drafted.' - British Bulletin of Publications 'A generally well argued and insightful assessment of the process of regional integration in the Western Hemisphere, the volume is quite prescient in its observations...In November 2003 negotiations ground to a halt, and an 'FTAA-lite' formula was agreed, by which states would be required to accept trade commitments on a selective rather than a comprehensive basis. In order to understand why this route was taken and why no agreement on the FTAA has yet been reached the present volume provides a good introduction to the issues of concern.' - Economic Issues 'Invaluable for teaching, and they should inspire additional research into the politics of regional integration.' - Latin America Research Review

Author Information

Paulo Vizentini is professor of contemporary history at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is director of the Institute of Latin American Advanced Studies. He specialises in international relations, in particular Brazilian Foreign Policy, and international relations in Latin America. Marianne Wiesebron is associate professor of history at the Department of Latin American Studies at Leiden University. She specialises in Brazil. Recently she has been working on current economic and political developments in Latin America, on problems of regional integration, with a focus on social aspects, in particular Mercosur, establishing comparisons with NAFTA and the EU.

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