00669nam a2200085Ia 4500100001600000245002300016260000900039520051600048583001900564  aBLOUNT, Jeb  aMercosur marriage.  c1996  aAsserts that from a collection of four largely closed and ailing economies, Mercosur members have transformed themselves into a single market of 206 million consumers trading mostly freely across once-difficult borders and generating an annual GDP of US637.1 billion.  Notes that other South American countries are living up to pin what has become the most dynamic trade pact in the Western Hemisphere and US, European and Asian companies are pouring in, ready to take advantage of the pact's new trade regime.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR