Productive integration, Commercial exchange, and regional division of labor in MERCOSUR automotive complex

Authors

  • Mariano Ignacio Treacy

Abstract

 Mercosur as a regional integration project has been proposed as a long-term development path. After a change of strategy in 2003, regional productive integration has been strongly positioned on the political agenda. The automotive complex has become the flagship sector of productive integration, but has failed to overcome some structural conditions such as its high level of foreignization, dependence on imports of parts, components and capital goods and the chronic structural deficit. The objective of this work is to evaluate the advances and setbacks in the productive integration of the regional automotive sector in the period 2002-2015. For this, we present the main characteristics of the sector and a statistical analysis of intrazone trade as a way to approach to the characterization of the productive integration of the automotive complex between Argentina and Brazil.

Key-Words: Automotive Complex, Productive Integration, Regional Value Chain, Mercosur.

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Published

2019-11-05

How to Cite

Productive integration, Commercial exchange, and regional division of labor in MERCOSUR automotive complex. (2019). Semina - Revista Dos Pós-Graduandos Em História Da UPF, 18(1), 58-82. https://ojs.upf.br/index.php/ph/article/view/10176