Regional integration in the 1990s

The renewed interest sparked by the potential for intraregional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean today has been reflected in numerous agreements regarding trade preferences and in attempts to establish free trade areas, customs unions or common markets. The possibility has even been di...

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Autor principal:	Rosenthal, Gert
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Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	2014
Materias:	ESTRATEGIAS DEL DESARROLLO GLOBALIZACION INTEGRACION ECONOMICA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION GLOBALIZATION
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Regional integration in the 1990s

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