Potential impacts of the Mercosur-EU agreement on the automotive value chains in Brazil and Argentina

This paper investigates the potential effects of the Mercosur-EU agreement for the automotive value chains in Argentina and Brazil, identifying the trade balance movements of each partner. Its main results point to an improved trade balance in most automotive and auto parts products for the EU. Besi...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Dulcich, Federico
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Economia e Sociedade
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8673229
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/ecos/article/view/8673229
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Automotive value chain
Free trade agreement
European Union
Mercosur
Cadeia de valor automotiva
Acordo de livre comércio
União Europeia
Mercosul
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Summary:This paper investigates the potential effects of the Mercosur-EU agreement for the automotive value chains in Argentina and Brazil, identifying the trade balance movements of each partner. Its main results point to an improved trade balance in most automotive and auto parts products for the EU. Besides differences in international competitiveness, other factors prompt these results, such as differences in production scale between partners, greater tariff preferences granted by Mercosur, greater potential demand for vehicles in Argentina and Brazil than in the EU, higher regulation requirements on product and process quality in the EU market, among others.