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Canada: Uruguay’s potential North Star

By Nicolás Saldías / September 22, 2020

In the face of MERCOSUR difficulties, Uruguay could find a valuable trading partner in Canada if it considers becoming a free trade ...
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Isolation and integration: COVID-19 in the Southern Cone

By Greg Ross / May 7, 2020

An examination of three vectors of integration—travel, migration and everyday exchange—offers a look into the challenges the Southern Cone faces given the COVID-19 ...
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Will a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU finally come true?

By Nicolás Albertoni / June 19, 2019

After almost a quarter of a century of negotiations, a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU could be signed soon. But the electoral uncertainty in South America as well as the protectionist tensions that emerged after Brexit could present risks for the agreement’s ...
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Can Mercosur be updated and reformed or is it a relic of the past?

By Nicolás Albertoni / January 23, 2019

Mercosur must modernize to adapt to a new international geopolitical reality, but there’s no clear path forward. If it can’t reform, Mercosur risks joining the long list of failed dreams of regional ...
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Donald Trump sets his sights on Brazil

By Nicolás Albertoni / October 10, 2018

Trade-related negotiation benefits President Trump in two senses: legitimacy and compliance. After a successful renegotiation of NAFTA, look for him to turn to ...
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A conversation with Nicolás Albertoni, doctoral student at the University of Southern California

July 5, 2018

Global Americans spoke to Nicolás Albertoni, a scholar pursuing a Ph.D. in political science and international relations at the University of Southern California (USC), associate researcher at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay, and one of the Global Americans 2018 New Generation of Public ...
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Latin American economic integration in the context of protectionism

By Nicolás Albertoni and Shir Attias / May 15, 2018

Medium and small economies in Latin America are especially vulnerable to a global trade war. But if Latin American countries can better integrate and harmonize their preferential trade agreements they will be in a better ...
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Mercosur’s FTA with the European Union: Closer than ever before

By Nicolás Albertoni / February 16, 2018

If negotiations over the proposed agreement between the two trade blocs succeed, it could become the most important bi-regional trade agreement in the ...
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TLC entre Uruguay y Chile, un paso hacia la convergencia

By Nicolás Albertoni / October 6, 2016

Con la firma de un tratado de libre comercio entre Chile y Uruguay se comienzan a abrir las puertas de una posible futura convergencia entre Mercosur y la Alianza del Pacífico. ¿Llevará este acuerdo a la integración comercial de Mercosur al resto de América ...
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