期刊名称:World Food Aid Needs and Availabilities. Food Security Assessment
出版年度:1999
卷号:11
页码:37-37
出版社:U. S. Department of Agriculture
摘要:The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and the United States are significant
trade partners, but the LAC region has very diverse economies and trade interests.
Since the debt crisis in the 1980s, many countries have displayed much more trade openness.
Commitments from regional trade agreements, which continue to proliferate, are often more
stringent than the Uruguay Round commitments for the larger countries, that may use the
more demanding commitments in the next trade round. The smaller low-income net foodimporting
countries have struggled to form coalitions that allow them to voice their trade concerns.
The loss or erosion of special trade preference arrangements may have negative short
run effects on many of the smaller low-income countries.