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	Mercosur establishes external metal tariffs - Southern Cone Common Market American Metal Market - Find Articles
		Setting common external tariffs was one of the last remaining obstacles to the customs union in which all tariff barriers on about 85 percent of member-countries' trade will be fully lifted Jan. 1.
		While the overall Mercosur common external tariff structure implies a small reduction in current Brazilian steel product import duties, what's important is that the new common external tariff for rolled steel is 12 percent - 2 percent higher than Brazil's current 10-percent import tariff.
		Brazil had wanted a 10-percent common external tariff for rolled steel (the same as its current import tariff while Argentina argued for 14 percent (giving it more protection from imports), the final result being the 12-percent compromise tariff.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n170_v102/ai_15792690 (867 words)

	Southern Cone
		The Southern Cone is a group of countries consisting of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
		Southern Chile receives heavy precipitation, because of the cyclonic storms that move off the Pacific Ocean from the west.
		The Southern Cone is unusual for its religious homogeneity.
	www.amyglenn.com /Geography/southcone.htm (1821 words)

	Commom Market of the South (Mercosur) - Statistical Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Mercado Comun del Sur, or Common Market of the South (Mercosur), is an economic integration agreement that was formally launched in 1991 between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
		The common history shared by the member countries facilitates the integration process and the group is recognized as the third largest regional trading bloc in the world.
		The executive component of the organization is the Common Market Group (GMC), comprised of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economics and the Chairmen of the Central Banks, as well as coordinators from each country.
	atn-riae.agr.ca /latin/e3431.htm (5258 words)

	Culture, Trade and Globalization: Introduction
		Over the past fifty years, the general world economic trend has been towards open markets, world exports increased from 8% to 27% of world GDP between 1950 and 1998 and total trade in 1997 was fourteen-times the level of 1950.
		Market integration allows consumers to buy goods from all over the world in their local shops and supermarkets.
		The effects of this market profile are as yet unknown: while we are aware that a large share of the cultural products circulating in most countries are produced elsewhere, we know very little about the impact of this global cultural market on citizens, audiences, businesses and governments.
	www.unesco.org /culture/industries/trade/html_eng/introduction.shtml (903 words)

	Mercosur and Agricultural Markets
		The main objective of the Treaty of Asunción was the establishment of a Common Market which was to be characterized by: (1) free circulation of goods, services, and factors of production among member countries, (2) common external tariffs among member countries, and (3) macroeconomic policy coordination among member countries.
		Although the goal of establishing a common market by 1995 was not reached, significant progress in trade among the MERCOSUR member countries has occurred.
		If MERCOSUR is ever to become a true common market, a number of important - and politically difficult - challenges remain, including the elimination of all remaining tariff and non-tariff trade barriers, the granting of free movement to productive factors among member countries, the harmonization of macroeconomic policies, and the coordination of national legislation.
	agrinet.tamu.edu /tamrc/pubs/Im296.htm (1077 words)

	Mercosur establishes external metal tariffs - Southern Cone Common Market American Metal Market - Find Articles
		Setting common external tariffs was one of the last remaining obstacles to the customs union in which all tariff barriers on about 85 percent of member-countries' trade will be fully lifted Jan. 1.
		While the overall Mercosur common external tariff structure implies a small reduction in current Brazilian steel product import duties, what's important is that the new common external tariff for rolled steel is 12 percent - 2 percent higher than Brazil's current 10-percent import tariff.
		Brazil had wanted a 10-percent common external tariff for rolled steel (the same as its current import tariff while Argentina argued for 14 percent (giving it more protection from imports), the final result being the 12-percent compromise tariff.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n170_v102/ai_15792690 (886 words)

	The evaluation of the experience with the transactional system has led the Commission to attempt to redefine the ...
		The view is that the taxation of goods and services in the Member State of origin would meet the needs of a common market, since an answer could be found to two political questions: the harmonization of rates and the allocation of revenues to the Member State of consumption.
		However, the creation of a common system of VAT was not accompanied by a harmonization of the base of taxation nor of the rates of taxation.
		This is the unavoidable consequence of the ultimate objective of tax harmonization, that is the creation of a common market within which there is healthy competition and whose characteristics are similar to those of a domestic market.
	www.gwu.edu /~ibi/minerva/Spring1998/Jose.Marcos.Alvares.html (7600 words)

	India an Emerging Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Broadly defined, an emerging market is a country making an effort to change and improve its economy with the goal of raising its performance to that of the world's more advanced nations.
		Emerging markets are the recipients of a variety of international financial support programs to boost their economies.
		But there is a great deal of risk involved in those investments because emerging markets are by definition in a state of transition and subject to unexpected political and economic upheavals.
	www.bridgeport.edu /~vtamboli/emerging/tsld001.htm (489 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		The Mercosur (Southern Cone Common Market) Summit is expected to formalise the Residency Agreement for Nationals of the States Party, Dec 6-7 in Brasilia.
		It is also necessary to make citizens' rights equal in the different countries of the Southern Cone to ensure effective freedom of movement and to prevent imbalances, Barros said in a conversation with IPS.
		The inclusion of labour in the integration process represents an important stride forward for the Southern Cone and will reinforce the cohesion necessary to take on the United States in the negotiations to set up the Free Trade Area of the Americas, said the expert.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=13535 (849 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I. Commercial Overview (Executive Summary) Overview of Import Market The relatively low import tariffs traditionally maintained by Paraguay have encouraged the development of a huge commercial sector based on the importation of goods from the far east and the U.S. for re-export to neighboring countries.
		Market conditions in Paraguay are subject to rapid change, often depending on economic conditions and exchange rate movements in Brazil and Argentina.
		Moreover, as a member of Mercosur (southern cone common market), Paraguay favors a low Common External Tariff (CET) regime with a maximum rate of ten percent.
	www.puc-rio.br /parcerias/untpdc/eto/etosite/ccg00967.txt (944 words)

	Southern Cone Common Market on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mercosur is gradually eliminating tariffs between member states and at the same time aiming for a low common external duty, and trade between its members has greatly expanded since 1991.
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Southern Cone Common Market
		Pictures and Maps for: Southern Cone Common Market
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SthrnC1nC1mM1.asp (411 words)

	ARGENTINE SUGAR PRODUCERS DEFEND TARIFFS
		Brazil wants the bloc's common foreign tariff on sugar to be slashed to zero by the year 2001.
		He said the fuel alcohol programme had triggered an internal crisis in Brazil that authorities were trying to "export" to the international market with their enormous surplus of sugar and alcohol - and the consequent crash in prices.
		In Zorreguieta's view, the document signed by the two ministers in Rio de Janeiro is a gesture of bilateral understanding that cannot in and of itself neutralise the effect of Argentina's law.
	www.sunsonline.org /trade/process/followup/1998/12170498.htm (534 words)

	The history of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The history of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR)
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		Chile becomes an associate member of Mercosur, the Southern Cone Common Market.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/index-aca.html (149 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An overview of mentioned literature regarding EU-Southern Cone States relations, and of the general media, indicate at least three possible answers to why the alleged rapprochement would be happening.
		Each one works under different circumstances, the fact that one works in a specific case study does not prove or disprove any theory, but signs the degree of internalization of the norms of the culture in which the actor is embedded in.
		It is possible that states share their identity regarding certain aspects, such as democracy; have only common interests in other issues, such as trade; and have hegemonic or counter-hegemonic ambitions in other issues, such as foreign investment.
	www.unc.edu /depts/europe/eui/papers/Hoffman_writing.doc (4846 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2004 - Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After a decade of steady economic growth, debt reduction, and market liberalization, Uruguay’s economic fortunes continue to be tied to troubled neighbors Argentina and Brazil in the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR).
		As a member of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR), Uruguay adheres to a common external tariff that ranges from zero to 23 percent.
		The state-owned BSE insurance company had a monopoly on all insurance until the automobile insurance market was opened to private competition in 1994; the government is considering liberalization of other portions of the insurance sector.
	cf.heritage.org /index2004test/country2.cfm?ID=Uruguay (1010 words)

	Uruguay (04/01)
		Uruguay is committed to an open financial system and maintains a floating exchange rate; the government intervenes in the exchange market to maintain a peso/dollar devaluation rate of about 1% per month.
		Uruguay is a member of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) with Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
		It is an active proponent of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process and is coordinator of the FTAA e-commerce group and subcoordinator of the agricultural subsidies group.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/u/9872.htm (1967 words)

	Trade: Brazil irks Mercosur partners
		The parallel paths followed by the three partners as they reeled under the impact of the crisis in Brazil has led some analysts to warn that MERCOSUR should be reformulated, while a few prophets of doom have even predicted its demise.
		Abreu criticised the bloc's present inoperativeness, stressing that "it is important for the Common Market Group to meet now to reflect on the situation, exchange ideas and negotiate specific items.
		Those who do not believe the customs union will break down point out that when MERCOSUR went into effect in the early 1990s, Brazil was suffering runaway inflation that soared as high as 5,000 percent a year, which nevertheless did not stand in the way of the creation of the bloc.
	www.sunsonline.org /trade/process/followup/1999/02030299.htm (1125 words)

	Southern Cone Common Market — Infoplease.com
		Common market for the Southern Cone: the promise of Mercosur.(Special Advertising Section)
		Investments flock to the southern cone; Mercosur tames economic instability.(chemical industry investment in Southern Cone of South......
		The Logic of Privatization: The Case of Telecommunications in the Southern Cone of Latin America.(Review)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0846059.html (192 words)

	TED Case Study:Argentina Rice
		The Argentine central government is facing a regional economic meltdown under MERCOSUR (Southern Cone Common Market).
		The Southern Common Market-MERCOSUR represents a total population of 190 million individuals, living in an area larger than the total surface of the European Continent.
		Argentina is the second largest MERCOSUR member and also the second largest economy in the Southern Cone.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/argrice.htm (885 words)

	Migration News
		The southern cone common market (Mercosur) has increased trade between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to $17 billion in 1996 from $4 billion in 1990; Mercosur went into effect in 1991.
		In 1996, the four Southern Cone countries decided to unify immigration procedures, but the new immigration card took one year to be established by Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay despite the official recommendation that the maximum delay should not exceed six months.
		Hired labor markets are very local, and based on personal relations and reputations.
	www.migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/more.php?id=1590_0_5_0 (1098 words)

	SOUTHERN CONE MARKET - MERCOSUR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mercosur (MS) or the Southern Cone Market is the fastest growing area in Latin America.
		Nevertheless, the very fact MS achieved within the established time a tariff reduction scale for the totality of its tariff schedule is in itself a enormous achievement.
		The European Union and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) have signed a Inter-Regional Framework Cooperation Agreement (Madrid, December 1995.) The cooperative treaty calls for the establishment of an Inter-Regional Association, regular political dialogue between leaders of both blocs, and the eventual duty-free movement of products among EU and Mercosur.
	www.consargenmtl.com /trade6.htm (518 words)

	Periodic Note: MERCOSUR
		The purpose of MERCOSUR is to create a common market in which goods and services can be freely traded among member countries and to permit the unrestricted movement of factors of production (labor and capital), the coordination of macroeconomic and sector policies, and the harmonization of national legislation in order to enhance competitiveness.
		In addition, the current executive structure was maintained, with the Common Market Group (GMC) as principal body responsible for proposing draft resolutions to the CMC and making the necessary arrangements to comply with the CMC's decisions, with the support of eleven technical working subgroups.
		In addition, there is the Trade Commission, responsible for coordinating common trade policy and supervising implementation of the CET, the Joint Parliamentary Commission, the Economic Consultative Forum, and the Administrative Secretariat.
	www.iadb.org /int/intpub/nota/merco.htm (1950 words)

	americas.org - Batlle Promises Productivity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Promising to maintain economic stability, double productivity and reactivate the Southern Cone Common Market, Jorge Batlle Ibáñez of the Colorado Party was sworn in as president March 1.
		A Colorado alliance with the National Party, negotiated before the nation’s November 28 presidential run-off election, sealed defeat for leftist Tabare Vázquez.
		One of the thorniest issues facing the new president is a demand for the government to investigate the fate of people who disappeared under the nation’s 1973–1985 military dictatorship.
	www.americas.org /item_9310 (105 words)

	UACC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BY PAULA L. Wedged between Argentina and Brazil at the end of the South American continent, Uruguay is bracing itself for the fallout from the recent devaluation of the Brazilian currency.
		Sandwiched between the two larger markets, Uruguay is accustomed to shifting with the prevalent trade winds and adjusting accordingly.
		Mercosur, the Spanish acronym for the Southern Cone Common Market, is a trading pact created by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in 1991.
	www.uruguaychamber.com /news/joc_3-11-99.htm (802 words)

	wokv.com: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The avowed socialist also said now is the time to "decontaminate" South America's main trade bloc of its founding pillars: U.S.-supported free market policies and privatization of state industries that swept the region during the last decade.
		The moderate leftist who embraces free market economic policy insisted the five-nation bloc _ which could grow to six with the addition of Bolivia _ must move carefully to promote regional economic integration in a way that also accommodates each nation's political differences.
		Mercosur, formally known as the Southern Cone Common Market, was born 16 years ago when Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay pledged to seek economic integration and free trade _ goals that have been largely frustrated by bickering between member nations and a failure to synchronize policies.
	wokv.com /common/ap/2007/01/19/D8MO8ML00.html (805 words)

	USATODAY.com - Castro and Chavez rally thousands against U.S.-backed free market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The addition of Venezuela gives Mercosur a combined market of 250 million people and a combined output of $1 trillion in goods and services annually, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during Friday's summit.
		NAFTA, combining the markets of the United States, Canada and Mexico, has 450 million consumers and a combined gross product of about $14 trillion.
		Michael Shifter, an analyst at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, said Venezuela's entry should be a "wake-up call" for U.S. officials distracted by conflict in the Middle East.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-07-22-castro-chavez_x.htm (587 words)

	Southern Common Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The members of this economic zone are: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and associated members are Bolivia and Chile.
		The aim of the common market is to increase regional economic cooperation.
		The stars symbolize the members and the disposition is like Southern Cross constellation, the line I think symbolizes the global position of the market in the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int-sccm.html (820 words)

	Commanding Heights : Bolivia Trade Policy \| on PBS
		The domestic market is protected, with customs tariffs ranging from zero to 180 percent and volume and value quotas in place for many goods.
		A pipeline to Brazil expands the export market for natural gas.
		In 1997 Bolivia implements an association agreement with the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur).
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/bo/bo_trade.html (307 words)

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