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October 2024 report The value of South America as a zone of peace September 2024 Report Priority issues for Latin America and its future August 2024 report Priority issues in the international trade relations of the Mercosur countries July 2024 Report The factor of trust in trade relations between countries operating internationally June 2024 report The challenges of addresing an effective international trade strategy for Latin American countries. May 2024 Report Political leadership in the construction of a region: Reflections on Emmanuel Macron's views on European integration April 2024 report International cooperation between the countries of the south atlantic March 2024 Report Dispute settlement in the WTO: restoring its appeal mechanisms February 2024 report Proposals for an agenda to help navigate a world undergoing profound and uncertain transformations. January 2024 Report The current validity of Mercosur´s accumulated experience

December 2023 report Is this the beginning of a new stage in the South American experience of international trade cooperation? November 2023 Report Is it possible to increase the number of Mercosur members? October 2023 report Steps to be taken for the effective implementation of the Mercosur-UE bi-regional agreement September 2023 Report ARGENTINA AS A MEMBER OF THE BRICS GROUP: A Challenge for Imagination and Effectiveness. August 2023 report MERCOSUR-EU: a negotiation that is taking too long? July 2023 Report A practical contribution to the strategic relations between the European Union and Latin America. June 2023 report Preparing for a challenging year in the international trade of Argentina. May 2023 Report Suggestions for a new stage of Mercosur and its impact on the development of South American cooperation. April 2023 report The procedure for the entry into force of the eventual MERCOSUR-EUROPEAN UNION agreement. March 2023 Report Towards a more credible, effective and efficient Mercosur? Contributions that could result from the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU agreement. February 2023 report Suggested readings useful to address a new stage of Mercosur. January 2023 Report Towards the beginning of a new stage of Mercosur?

December 2022 report Comments and reflections that may be useful when addressing the future of Mercosur. November 2022 Report Towards a new stage of regional integration in Latin America? October 2022 report The new realities of international trade and their impact on the training of specialists able to understand and harness them. September 2022 Report Towards a new stage of regional integration in Latin America? August 2022 report A complex issue for the future of MERCOSUR and the alternatives to face it. July 2022 Report Building effective and credible regionalism: harnessing the available institutional potential. June 2022 report Are the rules of MERCOSUR credible? If not, what could be the political and economic consequences? May 2022 Report An uncertain and profoundly changing world. Its potential effects on the development of world trade April 2022 report Crises, wars and fractures in the international system: Lessons from history on their recurrence and their impact on world trade. March 2022 Report The country, the region, the world: Three perspectives for correct diagnosis and effective strategies towards the future. February 2022 report MERCOSUR'S post-BREXIT relations with de UK: Negotiating a trade and investment agreement: a priority objective. January 2022 Report The RCEP has already come into force. Some reasons to closely monitor its future development.

December 2021 report Can the WTO and Mercosur adapt to the new realties? Some issues that demand priority attention. November 2021 Report Insertion of Argentina into the world trade system. Thoughts on the occasion of the Twelfth Ministerial Conference of the WTO. October 2021 report The construction of the necessary consensus: Is it a real weak point for the future functioning of Mercosur? September 2021 Report Relevant issues to modernize MERCOSUR. Areas in which it is possible to move forward based on the current rules. August 2021 report Has the time come to modify the treaty of Asunción? Options for adapting Mercosur to the new global and regional realities. July 2021 Report The opinion of MERCOSUR industrial business leaders. Their pronouncements on relevant issues of the current agenda. June 2021 report The prospects for Mercosur: Possible future scenarios as a consequence of its current challenges. May 2021 Report Interregional alliances and global trade: Their importance in the context of a renewed and strengthened WTO. April 2021 report MERCOSUR as a region of peace and joint development. The need for pragmatic leadership, social goodwill, and "de facto solidarities". March 2021 Report MERCOSUR'S international agenda: Global and regional challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. February 2021 report MERCOSUR'S post-BREXIT relations with de UK: Negotiating a trade and investment agreement: a priority objective. January 2021 Report Us and the world around us. Some lessons for the future that can be drawn from a year of pandemic.

December 2020 report The RCEP and the geopolitics of regional alliances. Its potential impact on international trade insertion strategies. November 2020 Report Spaces for action-oriented thinking: Their growing virtual mode as a consequence of the Covid19 pandemic. October 2020 report The construction of Latin America as an organized region: A necessary task, with very long term objectives and uncertain results. September 2020 Report MERCOSUR-EU agreement issues requiring special attention: Their relevance for the creation of "The day after" agenda. August 2020 report The agreement with the EU and its re-founding effect on Mercosur. The necessary preparation for the day after its entry into force. July 2020 Report A global commercial scenario with multiple options: Necessary requirements for the development of an assertive strategy. June 2020 report The ground rules of International trade. The importance of the WTO and the regional agreements each country participates in May 2020 Report Mercosur International Trade Negotiations. Considerations on the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. April 2020 report Trade and integration in a more contagious world. Ideas, beliefs, values, dreams, plagues ... in a hyper-connected global context? March 2020 Report The agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. The necessary steps for its conclusion, signing and entry into force. February 2020 report Questions about the future of Mercosur. What kind of Mercosur has a future after the bi-regional agreement with the EU? January 2020 Report The crisis of the World Trade Organization. The challenges posed to Argentina and countries of the Latin American region.

December 2019 Report Relevant issues of the Mercosur 2020 Agenda: Common external tariff, agreement with the EU and link with the Pacific Alliance. November 2019 Report A negotiations that opens multiple opportunities and challenges. The agreement with the European Union and the productive transformation of Mercosur. October 2019 Report Jean Monnet: An inspiration that is still relevant today. The validity of his approaches on regional integration methodologies. September 2019 Report A negotiations that opens multiple opportunities and challenges. The agreement with the European Union and the productive transformation of Mercosur. August 2019 Report Three intertwined dimensions. The political, the economic and the legal dimensions in a process of deep integration. July 2019 Report A negotiations that opens multiple opportunities and challenges. The agreement with the European Union and the productive transformation of Mercosur. June 2019 Report A time for diagnosis, renewal and coordination. The negotiating agenda of global trade and regional integration. May 2019 Report Regional cooperation for a better insertion in the world. The potential of the MAP Group and its effects on the integration of Latin America. April 2019 Report The human factor in the development of Foreign Trade. Reflections on occasion of the "Year of Exportation"s. March 2019 Report Realities and dreams in the construction of a region. Founding moments in the long and unfinished process of development of Latin American integration. February 2019 Report The necessary process of reforms to the WTO. Some Latin American contributions. January 2019 Report Effectiveness and credibility of Mercosur. Some methodological shortcomings that affect the quality of its trajectory.

December 2018 Report The 2019 Agenda of international trade in Argentina. Understanding cultural diversity as a relevant issue in today's world. November 2018 Report A necessary renewal in the construction of Mercosur? Ideas about the possible development of a new building stage. October 2018 Report International trade in a world with multiple options: The case of SMEs with a sustained presence in their own niches and in other markets. September 2018 Report Has the WTO grown old? The upcoming G20 Summit could provide the necessary political boost for a convenient renewal. August 2018 Report Eventual reforms to the WTO system: A complex question that will require the ability to coordinate very diverse interests. July 2018 Report The G20 Summit in Buenos Aires: An opportunity to redirect the multilateral global trading system? June 2018 Report The untapped potential of the LAIA: Appropriate instruments for the convergence of Latin American diversity. May 2018 Report Physical, productive and cultural connectivity: Conditions for a sustainable insertion in global economic competition. April 2018 Report How to capitalize on a Bi-Regional negotiating experience: Reflections on the construction of a preferential relation between Mercosur and the European Union. March 2018 Report A dynamic, complex and unpredictable world: Its impact on the international, global and regional trade agenda. February 2018 Report A dense year of international trade negotiations: The three main fronts that can affect Argentina and Latin America January 2018 Report A dynamic, complex and unpredictable world: Its impact on the international, global and regional trade agenda.

December 2017 Report A complex inevitable transition: Towards a new stage in international commercial relations? November 2017 Report The agreement on trade facilitation: A concrete contribution of the WTO for the development of world trade. October 2017 Report The debate on the rules and institutions of global trade: Issues that will be present on occasion of the next WTO Ministerial Meeting September 2017 Report A bit closer to the people? The idea of discussing the desirability of a WTO Ombudsperson. August 2017 Report Latin America and the challenge of navigating a "Multiplex World": Amitav Acharya helps us reflect on the region and the global scenario. July 2017 Report The rule-based multilateral system of international trade: Has a stage been opened that could lead to an eventual redesign of some of its rules? June 2017 Report Concrete Roadmaps and political drive at the highest level: Necessary conditions to build effective spaces of regional integration? May 2017 Report The strategic relations between Argentina and Brazil: Considerations on their relevance in the current regional and global context. April 2017 Report The political, the economic and the legal: Three dimensions needed to understand how the WTO functions in reality. March 2017 Report A timely initiative originated in the LAIA: When materialized, it will revalue the region in a world where confusion prevails. February 2017 Report Latin America in an uncertain and turbulent world: Is an effective and sustainable regional economic cooperation possible? January 2017 Report Shortcomings of world trade governance: Contributions for the debates prior to the Buenos Aires WTO Ministerial Conference.

December 2016 Report Contributions to the debate on the future of MERCOSUR: How to achieve gains in flexibility and predictability that are credible?? November 2016 Report Time for review of international trade negotiations? The necessity of renewing approaches at the global and regional levels October 2016 Report The complex agenda of global trade governance: Opportunities for an active and assertive Latin American strategy? September 2016 Report Designing the future: The challenges faced by the region How to adapt the system of international trade to the new global realities? August 2016 Report The political will to break away from intertia: A necessary condition to restore the construction dynamic of Mercosur? July 2016 Report Post-Brexit and what can be learned from Juan Monnet and the Kon-Tiki: When integration is in crisis it is useful to remember the founding moments. June 2016 Report Building the region from the bottom-up: A methodological approach to the sustainability of joint work between nations. May 2016 Report Multiple complementary options? The redesign of institutions and ground rules that affect world trade. April 2016 Report A change of era in international trade governance: Considerations on some potential effects of Article 30.4 of the TPP. March 2016 Report Reflections on the occasion of an anniversary: 25 years of Mercosur and the options for its future evolution. February 2016 Report A new stage of MERCOSUR and its relation with the EU? The leadership and methodological intelligence requirements that arise. January 2016 Report The recyclying of a strategic idea? The tasks arising from the last Mercosur Summit in Asuncion.

December 2015 Report Spaces for action-oriented though: An essential dimension in the development of Latin American regional cooperation. November 2015 Report International trade negotiations of America: Relevant issues for the design of a regional strategic agenda for 2016. October 2015 Report The TPP negotiation and its first impact on Latin America. It is a credible possibility, a confusing reality and a mirage at the same time? September 2015 Report Uncertainties in the international trading system: Their effects on economic integration and trade strategies in the region. August 2015 Report Connectivity, compatibility, convergence, predictability: Conditions for productive integration in a regional space. July 2015 Report Mercosur trade negotiations: Recent events which could influence the future evolution of the negotiating agenda. June 2015 Report Transnational productive networks: Some conditions that can contribute to their development and sustainabilitys May 2015 Report The adaption of Mercosur to dynamic realities: A new approach to the recurrent and complex debate on undertaken commitments April 2015 Report Foreign trade in a world of multiple options: The importance of the diversity of trade and transport corridors March 2015 Report Regional spaces and the transition to a new world order: Their role in the construction of renewed global economic governance February 2015 Report Twenty years of the world trade organization: What do they teach us about how to harness the multilateral trading system? January 2015 Report Management capacity and its impact on foreign trade: Three priority areas for the development of effective and successful strategies

December 2014 Report Results of a timely and constructive dialogue: Progress towards a regional strategy for convergence in diversity. November 2014 Report Adaptation to the new realities of World Trade? Insights on the debate about Mercosur's common external tariff. October 2014 Report The agenda of foregn trade of the 21st Century: Relevant topics for the training of those who assist SMEs with global projection. September 2014 Report Mercosur at a crossroads? Suggestions for a necessary debate aimed at concerting a feasible future August 2014 Report The external environment of a country and its region: Understanding its dynamics in order to facilitate its productive integration into the world July 2014 Report Convergence and productive articulation at regional level: A timely initiative arising from the recent Summit of the Pacific Alliances June 2014 Report Current trends in international trade: Their impact on the training of specialists for SMEs with global projection May 2014 Report A world of mega-interregional preferential spaces? Incentives for a more effective cooperation between Latin American countries April 2014 Report How to reconcile the diverse: A challenge for the construction of a regional space of cooperation and integration March 2014 Report Fragmentation in trade negotiations: Mega interregional agreements and their potential impact on global governance February 2014 Report What can be learnt from historical experiences? What is easy and what is difficult when attempting to integrate sovereign nations January 2014 Report The curve of disenchantment: Factors that often lead to frustration in the processes of regional integration

December 2013 Report Credibility, collective, leadership and a future horizon: Three gains as a result from the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali. November 2013 Report Reflections and recommended courses of action: Trade relations between Argentina and Brazil in the framework of Mercosur October 2013 Report The art of achieving sustainable equilibrium points: Its relevance for international trade and regional integration strategies September 2013 Report Trust, flexibility and predictability: Conditions for Mercosur rejuvenation and for its agreement with the EU. August 2013 Report To understand, to escalate and to negotiate: Skills of a SMEs that seeks to have a sustainable international presence July 2013 Report The foreign trade agenda of Mercosur: Some requirements posed by future international negotiations June 2013 Report Mercosur and the alliance of the Pacific: their role in Latin American regional integration ¿Are they opposed or can they be complementary? May 2013 Report Helping to affirm the efficacy and relevance of the WTO: One of the main challenges confronting the new Director General April 2013 Report Diversity, dinamism, complexity: Three key features of the international environment of countries and businesses March 2013 Report The multilateral trading system at a crossroads? The Bali WTO Conference as an opportunity to correct the course February 2013 Report Toward an era of macro interregional trade agreements? The options for Mercosur-EU negotiations in the new international context January 2013 Report Commercial diplomacy in a world of multple scenarios: A range of trade corridors and regional and interregional negotiations

December 2012 Report Reflections on two experiences: What factors help to preserve the voluntary integration between sovereign nations? November 2012 Report Innovations in the multilateral trade rules: Their adaptation to the challenging transition to a new global economic ordere October 2012 Report Reflections on two experiences: What factors help to preserve the voluntary integration between sovereign nations? September 2012 Report Government institutions and regional governance: Towards a new map of cooperation in the Latin American space August 2012 Report Country strategy, quality rules and production networks: Three conditions for the construction of a regional space for mutual gains July 2012 Report Is Mercosur transitioning to a new phase? The future of Mercosur after the Mendoza Summit June 2012 Report Dialogue between two regions in profund transformation: The challenges facing the upcoming Cadiz and Santiago de Chile Summits May 2012 Report Trends that impact global governance: The backdrop for navigating the new international reality April 2012 Report Integration, Supranationality, Customs Union: Three concepts to be reviewed for the construction of a Mercosur that aspires to have a future? March 2012 Report National interest, sovereignty and international rules: A tension that becomes more evident in times of economic crisis. February 2011 Report Conditions for an effective regionalism: What lessons can be learned from the experience accumulated by Mercosur? January 2012 Report A challenge for the future of the WTO: How to articulate the global, regional and interregional trade agreements?

December 2011 Report A dangerous game? Trends towards the fragmentation of the global international trading system November 2011 Report The ending of three long historical cycles: A backdrop for the dilemmas faced in the construction of regional spaces? October 2011 Report The erosion of multilateral collective disciplines: A result of the lack of adaptation of the WTO system to the new realities? September 2011 Report ALADI, UNASUR AND MERCOSUR: Institutional building blocks of a region that faces its challenges? August 2011 Report The GATT-WTO system in a differente world from that which originated it: Can a renovating boost be expected from the Geneva Ministerial Conference? July 2011 Report Mercosur in a world of large economic spaces: Keynotes introduced by President Mujica, useful to navigate into the future June 2011 Report Preserving the essential, making methods more flexible: WTO, EU and Mercosur adaptation to new international realities May 2011 Report The value of a Region: South America in the future global economic competition April 2011 Report The difficult art of concluding what was started: The experience of the Doha Round and the EU-Mercosur negotiations March 2011 Report The efficacy of the "G's": capabilities to be considered for an assessment of the G20 and the BRICS group February 2011 Report Quality of information and competitive intelligence: Its importance for doing business in a strongly dynamic world with multiple options January 2011 Report Coalition of Nations and Global Governance: The leading role of the BRICS in the design of the new global economic architecture

December 2010 Report The neighborhood (South America) and the world,twenty years later: Are still valid Mercosur's strategic idea and methodologies? s November 2010 Report Political will, strategic ideas and technical creativity: Their importance for building global and regional governance October 2010 Report The coordination of efforts between multiple protagonists: A requirement to gain efficiency in the competition for world markets September 2010 Report An increasing demand for transparency? Information and negotiation technologies for preferential trade agreements August 2010 Report A new stage of MERCOSUR?: Clear horizons after the San Juan Summit July 2010 Report EU-MERCOSUR Negotiations take-off: Multiple lanes of a process with different possible final scenarios June 2010 Report The "Day After" a complex trade negotiation: Reflections on the negotiations between MERCOSUR and the European Union May 2010 Report An excessively long courtship? A window of opportunity is open for the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU partnership April 2010 Report A partnership with 2020 as the projected time horizon? The expected outcomes of the upcoming LAC-EU Madrid Summit March 2010 Report Strategic partnerships and trade preferences: Towards greater density in the economic relations between Brazil and Mexico? February 2010 Report Argentina's pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur: What added value can be expected during the first semester of 2010? January 2010 Report Revelations of the Copenhagen Summit: Institutions and decision-making processes in a world with multiple stakeholders

December 2009 Report Negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union: Has a window of opportunity opened up? Noviembre 2009 Report Structural cracks in Mercosur: Is it possible to adapt some of its ground rules to the current realities? October 2009 Report The value of Regionalism in a new Global Architecture: Reflections on the relations between South American countries and the European Union September 2009 Report Regional cooperation in a changing world: ECLAC's contribution to a necessary debate with multiple stakeholders August 2009 Report The rules of play and the necessary balance of interests: Requirements for adaptation and flexibility within the WTO and Mercosur July 2009 Report Institutional quality, offensive strategies and regional coordination: Three conditions to navigate towards the international trade of the future June 2009 Report The Spain EU-LAC Summit: Towards a qualitative leap in the bi-regional transatlantic relation? May 2009 Report The three levels of the World Trade System: A dynamic, complex and inevitable interaction April 2009 Report The experience of half a century: Regional integration in the new global context March 2009 Report Regionalism and the global crisis: Protectionism, collective reactions and leaderships in the Mercosur experience. February 2009 Report The G20 London Summit: Trade, protectionism and Doha as relevant issues of its agenda January 2009 Report Return of protectionism as a global problem? Its incidence on the 2009 WTO agenda