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The Successes, Failures and Future of Mercosur

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The signing of the Tratado de Asunción (Treaty of Asunción) in 1991 marked the foundation of the Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) and with it one – and in many ways the – most ambitious integration project in terms of scope.1 Globally, it is the fourth largest trading bloc – after the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – constituting a market of 270 million people (Klonsky and Hanson, 2009, p. 1).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Political Science and School of Advanced International Studies, Université Laval, Canada

    Gordon Mace (Professor and Director of the Inter-American Studies Centre) (Professor and Director of the Inter-American Studies Centre)

  2. The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada

    Andrew F. Cooper (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) & Timothy M. Shaw (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow) (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) &  (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow)

  3. Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

    Andrew F. Cooper (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) (Distinguished Fellow and Professor)

  4. Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    Timothy M. Shaw (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow) (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow)

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Schelhase, M. (2010). The Successes, Failures and Future of Mercosur. In: Mace, G., Cooper, A.F., Shaw, T.M. (eds) Inter-American Cooperation at a Crossroads. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294837_10

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