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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2025

Manfred Elsig
Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Rodrigo Polanco
Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Andrew Lugg
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Globalization in Latin America
The Law, Politics and Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements
, pp. 311 - 324
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Index

Note that page numbers in bold represent tables, while those in italics represent figures.

Acción de cumplimiento (Colombia), 219
Addis Ababa Agenda for Action (2015), 56
advertising, 210, 221, 224
Africa, 58, 65, 260
gender-explicit provisions in PTAs, 62
age, 44, 45, 51, 152, 173, 296
Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS), 138139
agribusiness (Brazil), 290309
agricultural policies, 127128, 158
agricultural sector, 142, 268, 307
agriculture, 8, 81, 108, 135, 183, 250
trade facilitation measures, 104
ALADI, See Latin American Integration Association
Albania, 60
amber box measures: definition, 141
American Popular Revolution Party (APRA), 248
Andean Community, 9697, 225
Andean Community-Mercosur Framework Agreement (2005, 2006), 92
Andean Countries-EU PTA (2012), 8789, 87, 90, 112, 114, 242
characteristics, 88
S&DT clauses, 9597
Andean Pact, 154
anti-dumping, 80, 9293
anti-globalists, 1011, 13, 17, 2122, 2627, 31
Antigua and Barbuda, 13
APROSOJAs (Brazilian associations of soy producers), 301302
arbitration, 239, 246
arbitrators, 234, 242
Argentina, 12, 19, 31, 63, 92, 107, 187, 194, 209, 222, 229, 245, 266269, 277278, 280
Argentina-Chile FTA (2017), 68, 70
Armenia-EU Enhanced Partnership Agreement (2021), 60
ASEAN-South Korea PTA (2006), 61
Asia, 63, 260
Asia-Pacific, 16, 58, 61
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Roadmap on Women and Inclusive Growth, 157
Santiago meeting (2004), 156
association agreements (AAs), 60
Australia, 29, 156, 227, 243, 245, 256
Australia-Chile PTA (2009), 29, 156
Australia-Japan PTA (2014), 112
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Agreement, 61
Australia-Peru PTA (2018), 29, 112
automobiles, 268, 276, 281, 285
autoregressive model, 194
Bachelet, M., 157, 247
balance of payments, 81, 91, 93, 265
Bali Ministerial Conference (G33), 145
bargaining power, 243, 250
basic needs theory, 180
Bear Creek (mining company), 246
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), 57, 68
best practice, 6263, 67
Biden, J., 286
bilateral investment treaties (BITs), 27, 231, 233234, 236238, 242243, 245, 249251
blue box measures: definition, 140
Bolivarian Alliance for Peoples of Our America (ALBA), 13, 31, 37, 4951, 53
Bolivia, 13, 20, 31, 4950, 187, 231, 235, 237, 260, 269
Bolsonaro, E., 291
Bolsonaro, J., 8, 290291, 301
Boric, G., 161, 247
Brazil, 4, 12, 19, 27, 3132, 63, 80, 92, 153, 194, 222, 226, 229, 232, 243
anti-China sentiment (politics of agribusiness), 290309
CFIAs, 240241, 251
Chinese FDI, 285
economic and trade characteristics (2008-2018), 267
export and import shocks (calculation), 295, 306307
export and import shocks (scatter plot), 292
export destinations (2008-2018), 279
exports (intermediate, consumer, capital goods, 2000-2018), 279
FDI inflows, 250
IIAs, 240, 250
main exports, 266
Mercosur, 268270, 282284
protectionism, 255286
protectionist responses toward RoW, 282
survey sample composition by municipality, 307
top trade partners, 284
trade surplus with China (2008-2018), 256, 278
women’s participation rate in workforce, 186
Brazil: Congress, 278
Brazil: Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 295, 307
Brazil: Ministry of Agriculture, 301
Brazil: National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA), 299
Brazil: National Development Bank (BNDES), 280
Brazil: National Industry Confederation (CNI), 299
Brazil-Chile PTA (2018/2022), 70, 157
investment chapter, 240241
Brazil-China trade, 291302
conclusion, 302303
future research, 302
probability of seeing China as risk (marginal effects), 299
Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), 302
Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE), 302
Brussels Effect, 94
Buenos Aires Declaration (2017), 182
Bush, G. W., 259
business community, 155, 248, 250
business environment, 241, 250
caffeine, 216, 217
CAFTA, 2829, 30, 31
CAFTA-Dominican Republic PTA (2004), 110, 112
calories, 212, 214, 215, 221
Calvo Doctrine, 250
Canada, 2, 63, 71, 156157, 222, 226, 229, 240, 243, 259
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA, effective since 1997), 155, 184, 237
cooperation activities, 67
gender, 157, 183
Gender Committee, 66, 69
implementation, 71
Canada-Chile ISDS (in context of CPTPP), 241
Canada-Colombia PTA (2008), 112, 114, 239
Canada-Costa Rica FTA (2001), 112, 114
Canada-Ecuador BIT (1996), 240
Canada-Mercosur negotiations, 73
Canada-Panama PTA (2009), 112, 114
Canada-Peru PTA (2008), 114, 239
capacity-building, 66, 80, 87, 94, 99
capital goods, 276, 278, 281
definition, 278
capital-exporting countries, 232, 242
capitalism, 41
Cariforum-EU PTA (2008), 112, 114
Central America, 11, 63
Central America-EFTA PTA (2013), 112
Central America-EU PTA (2012), 57, 60
gender-mainstreaming, 71
Central America-Panama PTA (2002), 110, 112
childcare, 61
children, 209210, 213, 217
Chile, 4, 6, 11, 1920, 27, 29, 3233, 4950, 63, 68, 72, 80, 89, 107, 118, 209, 222, 225, 232, 235, 237, 243, 245251, 265267, 269270
CPTPP, 98
food labelling (2012 law), 210, 222, 224, 229
general election (2021), 150
international reinsertion (post-Pinochet), 154
ISDS claims (1998-), 244, 246
PTA network, 157, 165, 178203
workforce participation (gender gaps, 1990-2021), 199
workforce participation (men versus women, 186
Chile: Constitutional Convention (2021), 165
Chile: Metropolitan Region, 170171
Chile: National Agricultural Society (SNA), 155
Chile: Public Studies Centre (CEP), 157158
Chile: Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations (SUBREI), 157
Chilean Consensus, 247
Chile-China PTA (2005), 8889, 99, 112, 156
characteristics, 88
extended Protocol (2019), 91
S&DT clauses, 8991, 90
supplementary agreement on trade in services (2010), 91
Chile-Colombia PTA (2009), 156
Chile-Ecuador PTA (2008), 64, 68, 70
Chile-EU Advanced Framework Agreement (2023), 241
Chile-EU PTA (2002), 28, 30, 64, 112, 114, 155
Chile-Hong Kong PTA (2014), 156
Chile-Japan PTA (2007), 112, 156
Chile-Malaysia PTA (2012), 156
Chile-Mexico Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE, 1998), 155, 184, 237
Chile-NZ agreement (2023), 157
Chile-Panama PTA (2008), 156
Chile-Peru PTA (2009), 156
Chile-South Korea BIT (1997), 236
Chile-South Korea PTA (2003), 61, 63, 68, 112, 114, 156
environmental measures, 237
investment chapter replaced 1997 BIT, 236
Chile-Thailand PTA (2013, 2015), 112, 156
Chile-Turkey PTA (2009), 112
Chile-United States PTA (2003), 112, 114, 155, 184, 197, 237238
Chile-Uruguay PTA (2017), 157
creation of gender committee, 69
first to include gender chapter, 182
Chile-Vietnam PTA (2014), 71, 156
China, xxi, 1, 8, 3638, 4144, 46, 48, 51, 53, 89, 106, 255, 257, 259, 266, 271, 290309
China-Colombia BIT (2008), 249
China-Costa Rica PTA (2010), 112, 114
China-Peru PTA (2009), 112, 114
China-United States trade war, 257, 282283, 286
citizens, 56, 153, 172
civil society, 150151, 155, 166, 172, 234, 247, 278
climate change, 1, 107, 131
greenhouse gas emissions, 103
Latin America (2000-2021), 107
Clinton, W.J., 155
Codex Alimentarius Regulations, 227
Colombia, 4, 11, 1920, 31, 42, 49, 63, 9597, 107, 187, 209, 222223, 232, 235, 237, 243, 246248, 251, 265, 267, 269
budget, 142
first ISDS case (2016), 244
food labelling (consolidation of octagonal warning signs), 229
food labelling law, 217221, 224225, 229
model BIT, 245, 249
model IIA, 249
right to food and trade law policies, 129132
Colombia Peace Agreement (2016), 4, 6, 139
conclusions, 145146
food security (impact of trade law), 127146
national plans related to food policies, 137
obligation to notify domestic support measures, 138140
right to food measures related to trade, 134138
scope, 132134
SGPDA, 134136
SGPDA (implemented measures), 136138
Colombia: Congress, 219
Colombia: Constitutional Court, 249
Colombia: Council of State, 219
Colombia: Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN, National Liberation Army), 249
Colombia: Environmental Zoning Plan, 144
Colombia: Ministry of Agriculture, 137
Colombia: Ministry of Health, 218219, 226
Colombia: Ministry of Trade, 245
Colombia: National Agency for State’s Legal Defence, 246
Colombia: National Plan for Promotion of Commercialisation, 144
Colombia: National Plan for Promotion of Solidarity Economy, 144
Colombia: Peasant, Family, and Community Economy (ECFC), 144
Colombia-Costa Rica PTA, 239, 244
investment chapter, 239
Colombia-Ecuador-EU-Peru PTA, See Andean Countries-EU PTA (2012)
Colombia-EFTA PTA (2008), 114
Colombian Association of Nutrition Faculties, 135
Colombia-Panama PTA (2013), 112
investment chapter, 239
Colombia-South Korea PTA (2013), 114, 238239
investment chapter, 239
Colombia-United States PTA (2006), 6, 29, 114
Colombia-Venezuela BIT (2023), 249
committees, 66, 6970
commodity prices, 267, 280
boom (2003-2013), 280281
crash (2014), 282, 285
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), 62
comparative advantage, 48, 53, 189, 270, 280
Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP, 2018), 1, 12, 60, 8889, 99, 150151, 160, 239, 241, 247
characteristics, 88
investment chapter, 240, 243
S&DT clauses, 90, 9899
women and economic growth, 67
Comprehensive Rural Reform (CRR, Colombia, 2016), 127129, 133, 137138, 142
consumer goods, 257, 266, 266
consumers, 27, 131, 138, 141, 162, 212, 219, 223, 225226
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 92
cooperation and facilitation investment agreements (CFIAs), 240241, 250, 252
corporate social responsibility (CSR), 239241
corporations, 131, 247
cosmopolitanism, 43, 49, 298
Costa Rica, 20, 31, 209, 222, 265
Costa Rica-Peru PTA (2011), 110
COVID-19 pandemic, 2, 8, 131, 160, 186187, 197, 257, 290291, 301
critical nutrients, 217, 219, 225
Chilean thresholds, 212
Colombia, 218, 220
comparison between Pacific Alliance member-states, 221
Mexico, 215
Peru, 214
cross-border paperless trade, 103
Cuba, 13, 31, 49, 80
culture, 152153
customs valuation, 9293
dairy products, 93, 158
Declaration on Promotion of Trade in Least Developed Countries (1961), 81
deep service provisions, 195, 197, 201
democracy, 16, 17, 23, 26, 31, 44, 45, 46, 173, 277
democratic countries, 10, 23, 32
Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) database, 4, 36, 106, 184
‘depth’ variable, 14, 16, 18, 19, 2224, 24, 26, 88
‘dispute settlement strength’ variable, 18, 19, 20, 2223, 24, 2526
‘flexibility’ variable, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25
developed countries, 8082, 85, 165, 179, 227
developing countries, 2, 7982, 85, 89, 100, 139, 141, 145, 153, 179, 258, 300
special and differential treatment in nutshell, 8285
development, 79, 99, 145, 162, 178
in trade agreements), 8082
development objectives, 142, 173, 201
development strategy, 154, 179, 270
diffusion, 223, 226
digital and environmental provisions, 6, 105106, 122124
effects on trade values and composition, 114122
Latin America, 110112
PTAs, 103124
Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA, 2020), 157
digital trade, 3, 168, 189
digitalisation, 6, 103104, 118, 122, 124, 168
Doha Round, 259260
domestic support measures: WTO definition, 140
Dominica, 13
Dominican Republic, 20, 49, 187
double hatting: definition, 234
East African Community (EAC), 62, 65
East Asia, 260, 270
East Asia and Pacific, 15, 16
ecofeminism theory, 180
econometrics, 7, 115, 194
Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC), 156
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Revised Treaty (1993), 62
economic complementarity agreements (ECAs), 154, 156
economic development, 92, 118, 183, 196
economic growth, 11, 13, 39, 57, 60, 6263, 67, 71, 165, 173, 178, 183, 185, 232, 259, 292
economic integration, 152, 270
economic liberalisation, 14, 247
economic partnership agreements (EPAs), 60
Ecuador, 13, 20, 49, 63, 96, 108, 186, 231, 234235, 237, 245246, 264, 269
ISDS case lost, 240
Ecuador-Chile PTA (2022), 157
Ecuador-US BIT (1993), 240
education, 43, 4546, 4951, 53, 153, 189
educational level, 296, 298
EFTA, 29, 30, 112, 114, 235
Egypt, 89, 260
Egypt-Mercosur PTA (2010, 2017), 86, 8889
characteristics, 88
S&DT clauses, 90, 9394
El Salvador, 20, 49, 186
electricity, 103, 107, 143, 262, 277
elite interviews, 6, 166
elite perceptions, 151, 159
elite-citizen gap, 38, 53, 153
elites, 56, 3637, 153, 173, 248
emerging economies (EEs), 255, 257259, 276
empiricism, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, 37, 73, 103, 106, 114, 122, 293294
PTA universe in Latin America, 2226
employment, 46, 165, 172, 296, 303
emulation mechanism (international-policy diffusion), 222
Enabling Clause (1979), 84, 88, 93
full title, 82
EnCana, 240
environment, 34, 6, 21, 170, 173
environmental concerns, 236, 239, 269
Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA, 2014), 106
environmental measures, 113, 236237
environmental protection, 141, 164, 177, 239
environmental standards, 31, 48, 237
environmental sustainability: link with digitalisation, 103104
ethnic communities, 136, 142, 144
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), 57
Europe, xxi, 232
Europe and Central Asia, 16
economic characteristics, 15
European Community, 82
European Economic Area (1992), 105
European Green Deal, 128
European Union, 12, 12, 23, 26, 2829, 3637, 4951, 53, 58, 73, 106, 118, 151, 153, 157, 222223, 227, 247, 255, 258260
gender mainstreaming, 60
European Union Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), 96
European Union-Georgia Association Agreement (2014), 61
European Union-Mercosur PTA, 8687, 8889, 99, 256
‘asymmetries easily noticeable’, 94
characteristics, 88
negotiations, 270
S&DT clauses, 90, 9495
European Union-Mexico FTA (EUMFTA, 1997), 8889
characteristics, 88
entry into force (2000), 97
S&DT clauses, 90, 9798
social clauses, 98
European Union-Southern Africa Agreement on Trade Development and Cooperation (2016), 62
European Union-Vietnam PTA (2019), 112
European University Institute, 2
exclusions, 5, 80, 85, 87, 100
exemptions, 5, 80
experts, 151, 159, 171, 225
export of services: increased participation of women in workforce, 193
export-led development, 26, 151, 165, 270, 278, 285
exports, 4, 6, 22, 24, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123124, 145, 150, 157, 162, 171172
expropriation, 238, 240
extractive sector, 285, 297, 298, 307
factor-endowment model, 152, 293294
fair and equitable treatment, 241, 250
FARC 2016, 4, 127128, 139, See also Colombia Peace Agreement
feminism, 180
flexibilities, 23, 8586, See also Design of Trade Agreements
food crisis, 131
food labelling, 7
Chile, 210
Colombia, 217221
conclusions, 228229
Mexico, 213217
octagonal STOP sign, 210214, 216228
octagonal STOP sign (smaller packages, Mexico), 216
Pacific Alliance, 209229
Peru, 211213, 216
positive label (Colombia), 219
warning label (in Colombia under Decree 2492 of 2022), 220
food products, 104, 210, 225227, 277
food security, 4, 6
definition, 130, 132
impact of trade law (Colombia case study), 127146
food sovereignty, 129, 132
foreign direct investment, 167168, 236237, 245, 250, 270271, 277, 280, 285
‘foreign investment’, 158, 241, 250
forum-shopping: definition, 234
France, 227
free trade, 151, 161
Free Trade Area of Americas (FTAA), 12
free-market economics, 41, 247248
front-of-package labelling (FOPL), 210, 218, 227228
WHO guiding principles, 226
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, See FARC
Fujimori, A., 248
Fujishock, 248
full protection and security, 233, 241, 250
G-20 Meeting (2003), 93
García, A., 248
GDP, 115, 179, 191194, 192, 267, 268
Latin America, 15
Mercosur, 268
per capita, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 24, 267
gender, 3, 6, 33, 44, 45, 50, 132, 136, 152, 157, 165, 173, 178179
Chile, 168170
importance of PTAs, 169
perceptions, 169
trade, 180183
trade in services, 183185
gender gaps, 7, 179, 185, 187, 194195, 201
new avenues of research, 202
wages and working conditions, 202
gender-disaggregated data, 71, 73
gender-mainstreaming, 5675, 181183
conclusions, 7273
countries included, 64
enforcement, 72
implementation-focused approach, 6970
language and location, 7072
list of trade agreements, 76
market-oriented focus areas, 6769
‘other international instruments’, 78
regional trends, 59
South American approach, 6372
spirit of cooperation, 6769
stand-alone chapters, 5, 6367
trade agreements (regional comparison), 5863
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, 1947), 7980, 82, 86, 88, 92, 154, 258260
article XXIV, 84, 93, 269
contracting parties, 81
incorporation into WTO (1995), 258
Part IV, 81
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS, WTO, 1995), 88, 93, 183184, 191
generalised least squares (GLS), 192, 192, 194, 195
geographical indications, 87
geopolitics, 3740, 51, 153, 290
Germany, 153
Glencore, 246
Global Financial Crisis (GFC, 2008), 8, 255260, 266267, 273, 280
rise of protectionism (Mexico), 272
Global Leader Ideology, 22
Global Trade Alert (GTA), 255, 262
Global Trade and Gender Arrangement (2020), 71
global value chains (GVCs), 12, 270271, 276278, 282
Argentina versus Brazil, 281
definition (World Bank), 273
participation index (2015), 272
globalisation, 153, 258, 303
backlash, 2, 32, 153
Great Wall Motor Company, 285
green box measures, 137, 142, 145
definition, 141
green economy
Chile, 170171
importance of PTAs, 170
perceptions, 171
greening, 6, 122, 124
Grenada, 13
Group of 20 (G-20) developing countries, 259
Guatemala, 222
Guatemala-Peru FTA (2011), 110
Guatemala-Taiwan PTA (2005), 112
Guedes, P., 290
Haberler Report (1958), 81
harmonised system (HS), 118
environmental and ICT product categories, 120
heterogeneity by income levels of partners, 123
selected sections (impact), 121
health objectives, 67, 224
healthcare, 58, 61, 189
high-income countries, 118
Honduras, 13, 49, 187
Honduras-Peru PTA (2015), 244
Huawei, 290
Humala, O., 248
human capability theory, 180
human rights, 41, 48, 127, 129, 133, 135, 234
ideology, 5, 22, 24, 25, 3738, 4041, 153, 296
illicit crops, 139
imports, 6, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123124, 155, 158, 162, 269
import-substitution industrialisation (ISI), 12, 81, 89, 264, 270, 276
Inclusive Trade Action Group (ITAG), 157
income, 50, 152, 296
per capita, 257, 271, 285
India, 156157, 183, 259
indigenous populations, 144, 185
Indonesia, 29, 245
industrial sector, 277278, 281, 292
inequalities, 6, 132, 177, 179, 181182, 185, 192, 201
Informal Group of Developing Countries, 82
information and communications technology (ICT), 67, 108, 120, 269, 281
Information Technology Agreement (ITA, 1996), 105
innovation, 3, 27, 68, 164, 165, 177
institutions, 66, 70
intellectual property rights, 2021, 89, 92, 95, 97, 156, 168, 259
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 158
interest groups, 153, 155, 166, 243, 249250
interest rates, 265, 267, 280
intermediate goods, 273, 278
International Bar Association (IBA), 280
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), 231, 234, 242, 245, 249
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 68
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 68, 129
international investment agreements (IIAs), 231232, 242247, 249, 251
Brazil, 240
paradigmatic reforms, 241
reform, 250
signed by South American countries (1990-2022), 233
international investment law, 7, 232, 234, 238, 240, 251
legitimacy crisis, 237, 250
reform (early phase), 236
International Labour Organization (ILO), 65, 68, 191
fundamental rights at work, 68
international law, 223, 242, 246
international trade agreements: development dimension, 8082
international trade law, 129, 145, 221, 229
international-policy diffusion (mechanisms)
coercion, 222
competition, 222
emulation, 222
learning, 222
international-policy diffusion (stages), 222
consolidation, 222
creation, 222
enforcement, 222
Intersectoral Commission on Food and Nutritional Security, 135
interviews, 151, 159, 168
intra-Latin America PTAs, 1823
investment, 21, 89, 259, See also foreign direct investment
investment arbitration, 7, 246
investment facilitation, 241, 250
investment liberalisation, 237, 243, 247249, 256
investment policy, 231, 247248, 251
investment protection, 158, 238, 240241, 246, 248
domestic factors, 232
investment protection reform
conclusion, 251252
drivers, 243251
political economy, 231252
investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS), 157, 232234, 239243, 246247, 249251
exorbitant costs, 234
proceedings, 244246
provisions, 237
South American countries as respondents under IIAs, 244
IPRs, See intellectual property rights
Israel, 63, 243
jaccard scores, 27
Jamaica, 229
Japan, 29, 63, 81, 98, 156, 243, 255
Japan-Peru PTA (2011), 112
Joint Initiative on E-Commerce (2019), 105
Jordan-United States PTA (2000), 105
labour market, 39, 133, 179, 187, 190, 192, 194195, 197, 263, 295
labour standards, 6061, 153, 239
land, 132134, 146
language, 11, 29, 63, 69, 84, 239240
best-endeavour ~, 62, 68
re-use (in PTAs), 2729, 243
Latin America
citizens (mean preferences for trade partners), 43
climate policies by policy area (2000-2021), 108
Colombia case study (impact of trade law on food security), 127146
digital and environmental policies, 106108
digital and environmental provisions, 112
digital and environmental trade governance, 110112
exports and imports (1960-2019), 265
mapping PTA universe, 45, 1033
‘median’ case (protectionism versus liberalisation), 260, 264
octagonal warning labels (processed foods), 221228
political and economic characteristics, 15
PTA design, 19
PTA models, 30
tariff rates (weighted mean), 264
trade (political economy, 2009–2018), 260284
trade characteristics (2019), 266
women’s participation in workforce (1990-2021), 187
Latin American Elites Project (PELA), 37, 49, 53
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA/ALADI), 92, 154155
Latin American PTAs, 103124
digital and environmental provisions (effects on trade values and composition), 114122
digital and environmental provisions, 111
heterogeneity by income levels of partners, 119
heterogeneity in marginal impact of provisions and partners, 117
rule-makers versus rule-takers, 112114
S&DT clauses, 79102
specific provisions on traded values, 115
Latinobarómetro, 37, 42, 46, 53, 158
learning mechanism (international-policy diffusion), 222
liberal globalists, 1013, 17, 20, 23, 2627, 29, 3132
lithium, 157, 270, 285
lobbying, 153, 226, 265, 300
machinery, 93, 278
Maduro regime, 249
Maggi, B., 301
Malaysia, 29, 96, 98, 156157
manufactured goods, 266, 280281, 295
manufacturing, 257, 297, 307
market access, 48, 60, 67, 116, 128, 150, 156, 161, 178, 183184, 259
market size, 87, 244
Marrakesh Agreement (1994), 56, 82, 131
media, 158, 168, 172173
media analyses, 6, 151
mercantilism, 258259
Mercosur, 4, 8, 12, 2829, 9495, 154155, 158, 165, 235, 237, 256, 276, 285
Brazil, 268270
Brazilian protectionism, 281
common external tariff (CET), 268269, 281
establishment (1991), 277
GVC participation (Argentina versus Brazil), 281
‘imperfect customs union’, 268, 282284
population and GDP, 268
PTAs, 269
Mercosur Investment Protocol (2017), 241
full title, 240
Mercosur: Common Market Council (CMC), 269
Mercosur: Decision 32/00 (2000), 269
Mercosur: Re-Launching Agenda (2000), 269
Mercosur, 30
Mercosur-Peru PTA (2005), 8889
characteristics, 88
S&DT clauses, 90, 9293
Mexico, 2, 7, 19, 27, 3132, 49, 63, 89, 9798, 107, 155, 157, 187, 209, 222223, 225, 258
bilateralism and protectionism, 270276
capital, consumption, intermediate goods (destinations, 2008-2018), 273
capital, consumption, intermediate goods (exports, 2000-2018), 272
CPTPP, 98
domestic reforms (foot-dragging), 271
economic and trade characteristics (2008-2018), 267
exports (share impacted by GVC ties), 275
food labelling (new signs), 217
food labelling law, 213217, 224, 229
main exports, 266
protectionism against (by close and non-close trading partners), 274
protectionism and integration, 255286
protectionism by, 275
protectionist interventions (non-transparent), 276
PTAs, 266268
relocation of Chinese manufacturers, 286
sectors most affected by protectionism (2009-2019), 277
‘sophisticated contract assembler’, 271
trade (in and out) affected by protectionism (2009-2019), 274
trade deficit with China, 256, 278
warning labels (nutritional), 215
Mexico: Central Bank, 267
Mexico: Congress, 278
Mexico: Ministry of Health, 214
Mexico-Panama PTA (2014), 112
Mexico-Uruguay PTA (2004), 110, 112
microfoundations, 34
Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 16
economic characteristics, 15
middle-income countries, 16, 82, 234
millennials, 168, 170171
minerals, 183, 191, 280
mining, 14, 114, 171, 179, 246, 261, 281
Mission for Transformation of Colombian Countryside, 135
mixed-methods approach, 6, 255
modernisation, 151, 157, 165
Montevideo Treaty (1980), 92
most-favoured nation (MFN), 81, 84, 91, 98, 191, 233, 250
multilateral trade negotiations, 1, 79, 258
multilateral trade rules, 93, 105
municipalities, 306, 307
murky protectionism, 4, 256
National Rural Plan (Colombia), See SGPDA
national security, 40, 62
national treatment, 9293, 184, 191, 233, 236, 250
nationalism, 2, 152153, 295
natural logarithm, 114, 191, 192, 195
natural resources, 157, 161, 191, 250
Negara Brunei Darussalam, 98, 156
neoliberalism, 154, 158, 161, 247, 249, 270, 278
Netflix, 168
Netherlands, 278
New Zealand, 63, 71, 156158, 227, 243
New Zealand-South Korea FTA (KNZFTA, 2015), 61
news concepts (positive and negative), 159, 161
newspapers, 159160
Nicaragua, 13, 20, 4950
Nicaragua-Taiwan PTA (2006), 29, 112, 114
non-economic factors, 152
non-tariff barriers, 82, 154, 268, 278, 284
non-tariff measures (NTMs), 8, 255256, 260, 269
definition (UNCTAD), 140
examples, 262
non-trade issues (NTIs), 20, 31
normative beliefs, 245, 247248
North America, 15, 16, 58, 60, 63
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 4, 8, 97, 105, 165, 237, 256258, 268, 270, 285
China ‘de facto player’, 271, 273
Mexico’s entry and dependence on US market, 273, 276277
potential Chilean membership, 155, 184
nutrition, 61, 69, 133, 210, 212, 226228
obesity, 209, 224
Occidental, 240
octagonal STOP sign (food labelling), 210214, 217
conclusions, 228229
consolidation (Colombia), 217221
diffusion in Latin America, 222223
health standards (WHO and PAHO), 226228
Latin American standard, 221228
scientific and international legal support, 223228
smaller packages (Mexico), 216
WTO TBT Agreement, 224226
OECD, 259, 294
OECD Handbook for Measuring Digital Trade (2019), 120
oil, 240, 257, 269270, 280, 285, 301
‘petroleum’, 99, 266, 267
Okonjo-Iweala, N., 131
open economy politics (OEP), 293
open regionalism, 88, 154
ordered logistic regression, 23, 296
Pacific Alliance, 67, 37, 4950, 63, 73, 157, 229, 244, 248
members, 209
Pacific Alliance food labelling, 209229
Chile, 210
Colombia, 217221
Mexico, 213217
Peru, 211213
Pacific Alliance: Additional Protocol, 228, 240
Pacific Alliance: Decision No. 9 (2020), 228
Pacific Alliance: Framework Agreement, 228
Pacific Alliance: TBT Committee, 228
Palermo, T., 284
Panama, 20, 31, 49, 118, 187, 229
Panama-Peru PTA (2011), 110, 112
Panama-Singapore PTA (2006), 114
Panama-Taiwan PTA (2003), 112, 114
Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO), 217, 229
food labelling (health standards), 226228
paradigmatic reforms, 242
definition (Roberts), 241
Paraguay, 12, 20, 31, 63, 73, 9395, 100, 157, 187, 244, 269
Patent Law Treaty (WIPO, 2000), 97
peasants, 133, 143145
perception relationship, 4446
performance requirements, 236, 240
Peru, 7, 11, 1920, 25, 31, 49, 63, 89, 9597, 100, 156, 187, 209, 222223, 232, 235, 237, 243, 245251, 266267, 269
CPTPP, 98
food labelling (2013 law), 224, 229
investment chapters in PTAs, 241
ISDS cases, 244, 246
warning labels (nutritional), 213
Peru-Australia FTA (PAFTA, 2018): women and economic growth, 71
Peru-South Korea FTA (2011), 69, 71
Peru-United States PTA (2006), 2829, 30, 31, 114, 237
Petro, G., 249
Philippines, 153, 260
Piñera, S., 247
Pinochet, A., 154, 247
policy space, 99, 128130, 132, 144, 241, 250
definition, 79
freedom to pursue societal goals, 6
political economy, 255256, 291
political left, 41, 5051
political parties, 39, 247248
political right, 4041, 5051, 53
polity scores, 14, 15, 22, 24
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), 2
positive signs (Mexico), 216, 217
poverty, 133, 136, 145, 182, 185
preferential trade agreements (PTAs), xxi, 1, 34, 8, 20, 79, 89, 127, 129131, 231, 234, 251252, 256, 258, See also PTA design
asymmetrical, 89
descriptive statistics, 18
digital and environmental provisions, 103124
greening and digitalising of trade, 122, 124
impact on services (Chile), 178203
investment chapters (rise), 232237
mega-regional (with investment chapters), 239
percentage including trade-related and non-trade issues, 21
political determinants, 25
S&DT clauses (asymmetrical), 9499
services impact assessment (women’s employment), 7
signed by South American countries (2001–2011), 235
signed by South American countries (2012–2023), 238
similarity (country-level heatmaps), 28
preferential trade agreements (PTAs) (Chilean perception)
concepts in news regarding PTA (word cloud), 163
concepts related to PTAs, 163
conclusions, 172173
contribution of PTAs, 164
further research, 173
gender and green economy, 168171
general perceptions, 160166
growth, 165
insights from interviews, 172
insights from stakeholder survey, media analysis, interviews, 158172
integration, 165
intellectual property, FDI promotion, digital trade, 167168
literature survey, 152154
love to hate in single step, 177
media analysis, 164
modernisation, 165
news concepts (positive and negative), 161
print media (content analysis), 160
print media (sentiment), 162
questionnaire, 164, 177
regional results, 171172
revision, 165
sovereignty, 166
specific perceptions regarding PTA provisions, 166172
trade policy, 154158
print media, 160, 162
private sector, 67, 142, 151, 159, 229
product-specific support, 141, 145
proportionality, 225
protectionism, 1, 7, 33, 128, 155, 173, 232, 255256, 258, 260, 300
protectionism and integration, 261
China (impact on Brazil and Mexico), 278282
Latin America, 255286
political economy (2009-2018), 260284
reflections, 284286
PTA design, 2226
determinants (Latin America), 24
economic determinants, 22
political determinants, 22
PTA investment chapters, 7, 251
investment liberalisation, 236
reform era, 237242
PTA universe in Latin America (mapping), 45, 1033, See also preferential trade agreements (PTAs)
empirical analysis, 2226
factors determining PTA design, 2226
rest of world, 1417
text analysis of LA PTAs, 2629
variation within LAC region, 1822
public health, 62, 209, 224
public interest, 234, 239, 242
public opinion, 4, 32, 36, 153, 157, 173
public sector, 67, 229
public-private partnerships, 138, 144
questionnaires, 159
raw materials, 138, 144, 157, 257, 266, 266, 295
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), 1, 100
regional trade agreements, 84, 260
regionalism, xxi, 1, 88
developmental, 12
protection-based, 12
Registro Único de Víctimas (RUV), 133
reluctant globalists, 1013, 17, 2021, 2627, 31
Ricardo-Viner model, 293
right to food, 127132, 145
components, 136137, 137
definition, 129
FARC Peace Agreement, 134138
right to regulate, 6162, 68, 239
Rome Declaration on World Food Security (1996), 130
Rousseff, D., 250
rule of law, 23, 247
rule-makers, xxi, 82, 105, 112114
rules of origin, 87, 93, 95, 99, 284
rule-takers, 105, 112114, 232
rural areas, 127, 133, 135, 145
importance of exporting sector (Chile), 173
rural development, 128, 133, 135
Russia, 153
Russo-Ukrainian War, 269, 285
safeguards, 5, 80, 91, 93
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 13
Saint Lucia, 13
Saint Vincent and Grenadines, 13
salt, 212, 214, 215
sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, 80, 86, 9194, 96, 104, 262, 284
saturated fats, 212, 212, 214215, 214, 218, 220221, 225226
scholars, xxi, 13, 79, 8384, 151, 159, 233234, 295
schools, 210, 213
science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), 65
security externalities, 40
Segura, A., 246
self-interest, 39, 152, 293294
services
gender and trade, 183185
share in economy’s value added, 193
services exports, 192193, 192, 195, 195
services sector, 4, 7, 72, 179180, 188, 191, 194, 196197
women’s participation rate (Chile), 187
SGPDA, 134136, 140, 142
implemented measures, 136138
key to abbreviation (Colombian rural plan for right to food), 134
mandatory bottom-up participatory planning process, 145
objectives, 135
policy-specific criteria, 137
short marketing circuits, 137, 144
side letters, 157
Singapore, 29, 63, 156
Singapore’s Women’s Charter, 61
single-liability principle: definition, 234
skill development, 60, 190
small businesses, 60, 91, 156, 167, 177, 271
small-scale farmers, 131, 145
social development, 60, 136
social media, 158
sociotropic concerns, 5, 39, 151153
sociotropic preferences, 173, 294
sodium, 212, 212, 214, 214, 218, 220221, 226
South African Customs Union, 269
South America, 58
gender-mainstreaming in trade agreements, 5675
‘new regionalism’, 12
PTAs (investment protection reform), 231252
South Asia, 15, 16
South Korea, 2, 118, 243
South Korea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (KSFTA), 61
Southern Cone Common Market, See Mercosur
South-South agreements, 8889, 243
asymmetries, 100
S&DT clauses, 8994
sovereignty, 166, 173, 246
soybeans, 266, 278, 292, 301, 303
special and differential treatment (S&DT) clauses, 3, 5, 79102
asymmetrical, 8999
conceptualisation, methods, sampling, 8589
conclusions, 99100
examples, 86
framing case-by-case, 99
inclusion (key factors), 99
Latin American PTAs, 8999
list approach, 100
main argument, 79
next steps, 100
WTO typology, 83
special interest groups (SIGs), 300, 303
specific sector model, 293
‘specific trade concerns’, 222, 224
stakeholder survey, 151, 159
stakeholders, 71, 103, 151, 180, 223
state-owned enterprises, 156
statist development goals, 10, 12, 32, 232
steel, 261, 276, 277, 281
Stolper-Samuelson theorem, 38, 293
Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4), 156
Sub-Saharan Africa, 16
economic characteristics, 15
sugars, 212, 212, 214215, 214, 218, 220221, 225226
Suriname, 20
surveys, 6, 37, 42, 49, 151152, 157158
sustainable development, 202, 240, 251
sweeteners, 216, 217, 220221, 226
Switzerland, 222
synthetic control method (SCM), 197
Taiwan, 38
tariff reductions, 82, 85, 86, 93, 96, 128, 162
tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), 98
tariffs, 81, 84, 91, 93, 9596, 260, 268, 278, 281
taxation, 168, 239240, 263, 271
technical barriers to trade, 6, 93, 262, See also WTO Agreement on TBT,
technocrats, 247249
technology transfer, 84, 87, 236
telecommunications, 269, 281
television, 93, 99, 271
terms of trade, 37, 96, 265
textiles, 37, 67, 9394, 120, 292
Tokyo Round (1973-1979), 82
trade agreements, 2, 6
gender-mainstreaming, 5675
winners and losers, 56
Trade Agreements Provisions on Electronic-Commerce and Data (TAPED), 106, 110, 112, 114
Trade and Environment Database (TREND), 106, 110, 112, 114
trade barriers, 158, 162, 265, 273
trade diplomats, 151, 159
trade disputes: prevention, 146
trade experts, 160161
trade facilitation, 95, 104, 104
trade flows, 105, 114, 116, 122, 178, 202203
impact of digital and environmental provisions, 6
trade governance, 105106
trade in goods, 14, 20, 9192, 9597, 103, 163, 178, 183
trade in services, 97, 178179
GLS regression (women’s participation in workforce), 192, 192
GLS with autoregressive process, 195
methodological approach and dataset, 190192
results, 192201
results (difference-in-differences regression), 196
results (robustness checks), 196201
theoretical assumptions and hypotheses, 188190
trade law policy, 4, 6, 8, 25, 129132, 150151, 153, 172, 178
‘can reduce gender gaps’, 201
gendered impact, 180185
literature, 5
trade law: impact on food security (Colombia case study), 127146
trade liberalisation, 36, 38, 81, 93, 128, 150, 152153, 172173, 178, 182, 185, 238, 247, 256, 258
trade preferences, 153, 243, 293294
trade protectionism and integration
global context, 258260
interventions (level of transparency), 263
mapping trade policy dynamics by region (2009-2018), 261
NTMs, 262
trade regulations, 128, 130, 132
trade support, 37, 44, 45
trade unions, 39, 155
trade values
econometric specification, 115
effects of digital and environmental provisions, 114122
trading partner preferences
argument, 3841
citizens, 4249, 51, 53
citizens (explanations), 45
economic considerations, 42, 51, 53
education, 45
employment, 45
future research, 5354
geopolitical considerations, 3940, 42, 4446, 51, 53
hypotheses, 3941, 4346, 50
ideological considerations, 4042, 4446, 4951, 53
legislators, 4953
perception relationship, 45
summary, 41
UNGA, 45
trans-fats, 212, 214215, 217, 220221, 226
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 40
transition periods, 5, 80, 94, 98
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP, 2016), 12, 98, 112, 114, 150, 156160, 166, 172173, 243, 248
opponents, 151
transparency, 225, 227, 239, 241, 283
treaty outcomes, 243, 247
Trinidad and Tobago, 118
Trump, D., 258, 273, 282, 286, 290
Turkey, 29
UN (United Nations), 103104, 153
UN ComTrade dataset, 22, 114
UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 231
UN Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, 1979), 57, 65, 68, 183
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 131132
UN General Assembly (UNGA), 4446, 5051, 57
UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, 131
UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food, 128129, 131, 133
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 57, 68, 183
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), 68
UN World Food Programme (WFP), 131
UNCTAD, 249
UNCTAD: MAST classification, 262
UNCTAD: Santiago conference (1972), 154
Unified Registry of Victims (RUV), 133
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), 242
United Kingdom, 29, 63, 227, 242
United States, xxi, 1, 1113, 23, 26, 2829, 3638, 4244, 46, 4951, 53, 8182, 88, 106, 153, 156, 158, 222, 225, 232, 249, 255, 259
elites-citizen gap, 153
exit from TPP, 98
free-market capitalism, 41
model BIT (2004), 237, 243
‘raised trade barriers in context of PTA’, 273
top trade partner of Latin America, 266
United States: Congress, 155
United States: Department of Commerce, 269
United States-Mexico-Canada FTA (USMCA, 2018), 60, 112, 258, 273, 285
Universidad de Chile, 2
University of Bern, 2
University of St. Gallen, 2
Uruguay, 12, 1920, 31, 4950, 63, 68, 93, 118, 187, 209, 226, 229, 244, 269
pursuit of PTA with China, 285
Uruguay Round, 82, 183, 258260
Venezuela, 13, 20, 27, 31, 4950, 231, 234235, 237, 264266, 269, 281
‘strong preference for China’, 42
Vietnam, 29, 98, 156
wage gaps, 183, 190
wages, 3839, 165, 179, 182, 202
Washington Consensus, 265, 270, 276
Weintraub, A., 291
WHO
food labelling (health standards), 226228
FOPL (guiding principles), 226
women, 46, 5675, 142, 144, 152, 168
competitive advantage, 189
domestic and unpaid work, 202
employment, 7
financial inclusion, 67
gender mainstreaming in trade agreements (regional comparison), 5863
leadership networks, 68
physical safety, 61
trade policy (gendered impact), 180185
workforce participation in Chile (stylised facts), 185188
Work Programme on Electronic Commerce (1998), 105
World Bank, 14, 118, 191, 273, 278
development indicators (2020), 266
World Bank Group (WBG), 57
World Development Indicators, 14, 22, 191
World Economic Forum, 103
World Trade Forum, xxi, 2
World Trade Institute, 2
WTO, 1, 4, 6, 27, 33, 83, 9293, 103, 128129, 131, 222, 229, 255, 257258
anti-dumping complaints against China, 280
Chinese accession (2001), 282, 291
gender issues, 5657, 182
notifications required, 138139, 145
transparency principle, 139
WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), 128129, 132, 138145
aims, 131
article four, 128
article twenty, 130
de minimis criteria, 145
domestic support measures, 140
exemption from reduction commitments (Colombia), 140145
food security concept, 130
obligation to notify domestic support measures, 138140
Preamble, 130
S&DT, 139
WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), 210, 222226, 229
WTO Committee on Agriculture, 130, 145
WTO Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, 96
WTO Ministerial Declaration on Emergency Response to Food Insecurity, 132
WTO Ministerial Meeting (Nairobi 2015), 259
WTO Ministerial Meeting (Seattle, 1999), 258
WTO Multilateral Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development (Chilean advocacy), 241
WTO Secretariat, 83
WTO TRIPs Agreement (signed 1994), 92, 95, 97
WTO-plus regulations, 89
younger generations, 168, 171, 173

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