America latina en el comercio internacional

Latin American Competitiveness in the
World Trade
Por Carlos A. By Carlos A. Ledesma Ledesma
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The competitiveness of a country or region must be weighed considering the context and accordingto the international environment that is part of the country in question, ie we can not talk about American competitiveness without considering the changing conditions in the world operates.Casuistry randomness that characterizes the behavior of foreign markets, coupled with his erratic actions, consumer trends, the prevalence or commercial hegemony of certain markets and the continuing warscenario, change the parameters that competitiveness can be evaluated.

In analyzing the behavior of international business scenarios, it appears that year after year is the consumption of tangiblegoods to services and the (LDC) countries with less relative economic development continue as suppliers of commodities, with little or no value added, while the LDCs and developed countries providetechnology and services. As a result, we could assert that, with all Latin American countries, developing, and consequently basic providers without specialty, its competitive position should not be farfrom outstanding.
Of course, this statement tends to be a weighted average since we can not give equality to all countries where commodities and other providers with some added value.
An important rolein this relationship played by processes of integration in the participating countries, such as the Andean Community of Nations, the expanded Mercosur, NAFTA, and the uneven commitment to integratingdynamic processes that should be the engine of specialization fundamental tool in the process of adding value.
A hope that is not so, in terms of increasing the international competitiveness was theidea of greater integration with the countries of the north in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), since what is proposed is not a development sustained and sustainable growth that allows...