Documentos CIDOB América Latina; 15

In the framework of the integrationist phenomenon, this document devotes its pages to the analysis of the relationship between two representative cases of current regionalism: MERCOSUR and the European Union. With 10 years having passed since an inter-regional co-operation agreement was reached, it is argued that different political and economic factors have made its implementation impossible. The text highlights: the limited ability of Latin American producers to penetrate the international markets, aggravated by the protectionist policies of the EU; the state of institutional relations in the two regions, which are strongly influenced by difficulties in finding an interlocutor that is valid for all or a large number of countries in Latin America; and the complexity in finding elements of common interest and, therefore, defining objectives and means of global action that are really feasible.

Manuel Cienfuegos is a Permanent Lecturer in International Public Law (EC Law Institutions) ORLA-UPF

ISSN: 1697-7688 (print edition)
ISSN: 1697-8137 (online edition)

pp. 170

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