00644nam a2200097Ia 4500080001800000100002700018245005400045260002800099520040000127583001900527  a09.01.01 V468  aVentura-Dias, Vivianne  aTrade reforms and trade patterns in Latin America  bECLACaSantiagoCLc1999  aExamines the trade performance of 16 Latin American countries over the past 20 years using a modified Pavitt-Guerrieri classification to group trade data according to the technological content of the production functions of individual goods.  Discusses some of the difficulties in classifying goods according to their production functions when production sharing prevails in international trade.  c12/5/00kJOY_D