The investigative part of the study includes a mapping of extant RTAs in the region, an analysis of the factors that hinder or promote regional trade inte- gration, and the consequent economic and political impacts. [...] In the case of the Latin American countries, regional inte- gration has been used to counterbalance the negotiating power of the US while it sought to expand the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). [...] For example, in December 2004, the members of MERCOSUR and the CAN signed an agreement for closer economic and political integration, to be called the Union of South American Nations, with an explicit nod to the trail blazing role of the EU.11 But there is no compelling reason why south–south RTAs should follow the same trajectory as the EU. [...] Certainly, there are many examples of conflict between members of RTAs: • border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, members of the CIS; • the outbreak of war in the Great Lakes with foreign involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe, all members of COMESA; and • the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and violent border clashes between Egypt a [...] The EU’s genesis was a unique set of circumstances: the devastation of the EU’s productive capacity after the Second World War and the determination of its political leaders to banish any future prospect of war.
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 382/.911724
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- ISBN
- 9781552504147 9780415476737
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- HF1418.7
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- R443 2008eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxii, 262 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of figures 8
- List of tables 9
- Notes on contributors 11
- Foreword 12
- Preface 16
- Acknowledgements 18
- List of acronyms 19
- 1 Introduction 24
- 2 Regional integration, trade and conflicts in Latin America 38
- 3 Regional integration, trade and conflict in southern Africa 68
- 4 Regional trade agreements in South Asia: trade and conflict linkages 92
- 5 Regional trade agreements and conflict: the case of Southeast Asia 125
- 6 Managing conflict through trade: the case of Pakistan and India 153
- 7 Outlines of intra-state conflict in Zimbabwe and regional challenges 188
- 8 Peru and Ecuador: a case study of Latin American integration and conflict 204
- 9 Trading across the Straits: will a free trade agreement between China and Taiwan promote peace? 230
- 10 Conclusion: the role of regional trade integration in conflict prevention 254
- Index 275
- A 275
- B 276
- C 276
- D 277
- E 278
- F 278
- G 278
- H 279
- I 279
- J 279
- K 279
- L 280
- M 280
- N 281
- O 281
- P 281
- R 282
- S 283
- T 284
- U 284
- V 285
- W 285
- Y 285
- Z 285
