Trade policy

The rising importance of sustainable development in the South American trade agenda

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Latin American countries have historically adopted a defensive stance when it comes to topics related to sustainable development, primarily in terms of the ties between trade and environmental and labour issues. In this sense, the current paper summarises the main findings of four national case studies in Latin America. The paper is based on the hypothesis that these topics have earned importance when it comes to the performance of trade negotiations of these countries.

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