Asia x Latin America (Baumann)

Regional trade and growth in Asia and Latin America: the inportance of productive complementarity by Renato Baumann, published by CEPAL. This document argues that the recent Asian experience with integrated productive structures presents Latin America with both a challenge and an example to be considered, given the indications that regional trade in producer goods contribute to a more homogeneous GDP growth. Joint efforts to face Asian competition might provide an economic rationale for regional Latin American Trade.