Negotiating Trade Liberalization in Argentina and Chile

Andrea C. Bianculli is Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Fellow at Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). Her research crosses international and comparative political economy, and lies in the areas of global and regional governance, trade, regulation and development, with a particular focus on Latin America.

• Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPart I: Making sense of trade: Arguments and politicsChapter 1: The contours of trade politicsChapter 2: Unravelling trade politics: A cross-negotiation perspectivePart II: Latin America in a complex web of trade negotiationsChapter 3: Trade politics in Latin America: Institutional legacies and political dynamicsChapter 4: Trade politics in ArgentinaChapter 5: Trade politics in ChilePart III: When policy creates trade politicsChapter 6: Trade politics in comparative perspectiveChapter 7: Trade politics in Latin America. Past lessons, future challengesAppendix 1: Breakdown of interviewsAppendix 2. List of trade agreements signed by Argentina and Chile (1990-2005)Index

"This volume examines the interaction between domestic and international negotiations in trade politics. With its focus on Argentina and Chile it provides an important empirical contribution to the debate." - Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, Technical University of Munich"This book offers a major contribution to our understanding of how international trade negotiations – South-South, North-South, and multilateral – affect domestic trade politics. Andrea Bianculli delivers a clear and engaging account of Argentina and Chile at a historic turning point in Latin America’s trade relations." - Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore