Why and how did this happen? In my new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social , I seek to answer this question.
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Why and how did this happen? In my new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social , I seek to answer this question.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YEAA9...
However, at some point, they began to support, and even demand, a deal. This fundamentally altered Mercosur’s political economy, as the main source of opposition vanished.
As representatives of distributive losers from an agreement, they used to firmly oppose it – pretty much like farmers in Europe continue doing so to this day.
A key yet often overlooked piece of the EU-Mercosur negotiation story is the preference change of the organizations representing Brazilian industry.
The agreement between the European Union and Mercosur has stalled once again. My article Between Geopolitics and Political Economy, published in @jcms-eu.bsky.social , offers some insights into explaining this recurring outcome
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🎉Acompáñanos el 28.10 a las 15h (CET) en el primer Webinar EULAS para conversar sobre The Political Economy of Industry Organizations and Mercosur’s North-South Trade Negotiations: The Cases of Brazil and Argentina. Registrense en el link: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
El próximo viernes a las 10am estaré dictando la conferencia “Los Sectores Industriales y las Negociaciones Externas Comerciales del Mercosur” en el marco del Observatorio de Regionalismo
Pueden seguirla en vivo en el canal de YouTube del Observatorio de Regionalismo: youtube.com/@observatori...
The article is available here
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I conduct a single-case longitudinal study with three pre-specified stages: from the run-up to the 2019 ‘agreement in principle’; the paralysis within the EU (mid- 2019–2022); and the renegotiation that led to an updated agreement with uncertain prospects (2023–2024)
I focus on the evolution of three factors throughout the negotiation: the EU’s geopolitical incentives, as part of the ‘geopoliticization’ and ‘geoeconomic turn’ trend; EU’s trade negotiations ‘politicization’; domestic political economy constraints in both the EU and Mercosur
In the paper, I explore the reasons for the latest push to conclude the EU-Mercosur agreement, as well as the reasons for the challenges it still faces.
Thrilled to share that my paper Between Geopolitics and Political Economy: The European Union–Mercosur Negotiation to Form a Trade Agreement has been published in @jcms-eu.bsky.social
📢 The Palgrave Handbook of EU-Latin American Relations (J.A. Sanahuja & R. Domínguez, eds.). Foreword by J. Borrell. Two years of work, 33 chapters, 40 scholars for a detailed analysis of this relationship and its governance in times of contestation. More info in 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The book is available here link.springer.com/book/10.1007... If having troubles with access, send me a DM
As the European Union - Mercosur trade agreement seems to be back on the agenda, the book may be of interest for those seeking to understand the stances of Mercosur industry and its influence on the negotiation.
In addition to a novel theoretical argument, the book offers in-depth case studies of Brazil and Argentina’s peak industry organizations, CNI, FIESP, and UIA, and their preferences on north-south trade agreements
The book addresses two relevant yet understudied questions in field of IPE: 1) what explains the trade policy preferences of the organizations that represent economic producers in the political sphere? 2) how they are formed?
It’s been a year since the publication of my book The Political Economy of Industry Organizations and Mercosur’s North-South Trade Negotiations: The cases of Brazil and Argentina, with Palgrave Macmillan
🌐 La #UE busca acuerdos comerciales para diversificar riesgos geopolíticos frente a #China y #Trump.
💼 El #Mercosur podría ser un aliado clave, pero las tensiones agrícolas en #Europa complican el panorama.
latinoamerica21.com/es/elacuerdo-mercosur-union-europea-ante-una-nueva-encrucijada/