New Protectionism? : The role of Free Trade Agreements in Latin America

• Autor: Arrieta, Gabriel
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/18844
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/politai/article/view/18844
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Latin America; Free Trade Agreements; United States; International Trade; Donald Trump; América Latina; Acuerdos de Libre Comercio; Estados Unidos; Comercio Internacional

After the accession of Donald Trump as president of the United States, the recent protectionist trade environment is guarantee that the American trade policy could affect Latin American countries, due to the importance of United States as trading partner. These policies would not only affect Latin American countries, but also their main trading partners as China, that could respond with other protectionist policies, which could lead to the beginning of a domino effect, where the biggest loser could be Latin America. Taking into account the current international context, in this article it will be making policy recommendations on Free Trade Agreement issues aimed to reducing the possible impacts of American trade policies in Latin American countries (especially, considering the recent United States’ withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal).