Índia-Mercosulperspectivas de um acordo de preferências comerciais

Resumo

In 2004, India and the Mercosur signed a preferential-trade agreement, aiming at forming a future free-trade area. In March 2005, the new partners exchanged lists containing about 250 products for which the tariffs should be reduced. The high level of the import tariffs, the small participation of the bilateral trade in the total and the comparative advantage indicators point to the possibility of a substantial increase in the trade flows between the two partners. This study shows that the offers made include a large number of products with no comparative advantage on the part of the other partner and that the reductions proposed in tariff rates are insignificant. Thus, it’s not expected any major impact on the bilateral trade. Therefore, it is necessary that the new offers incorporate competitive products and higher margins of preferences. So far, the India-Mercosur trade negotiations, as well as other "South-South" initiatives, have not revealed themselves easier than the "North-South" ones. In particular, the increase in the "South-South" preferential trade can imply high costs of adjustment in intensive labor sectors due to the similarity of the comparative advantages of both parts.

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Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2005

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/1800

Licença

Licença Comum

Abrangência

Países do Mercosul; Índia; 2004-2005

Temas

Dados

Palavras-chave

Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul)Zona de livre-comércioReduções tarifáriasExpansão comercial