00665nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245006700022260000900089520046200098583001900560  aPRIMO BRAGA, C.A.  aRegional integration in the Americas : deja vu all over again?  c1994  aAnalyses how the new regionalism may affect trade flows in the Americas.  Suggests that these arrangements can be more successful in promoting an increase in intra-regional trade than previous regional initiatives, without promoting significant trade diversion.  To the extent that these agreements are kept as 'open' trading blocs, they will not necessarily detract from unilateral and multilateral liberalisation efforts and they can be welfare enhancing.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR