00741nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000250001724500880004226000090013052004850013958300190062420260716043315.0  aDANDEKER, Rebecca D.  aRose Garden Agreement : is MERCOSUR the next step to a hemispheric free trade zone?  c1992  aExamines how the implementation of the agreement among the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Government of the USA, concerning a Council on Trade and Investment, may lead to individual free trade agreements among these countries, and may eventually lead to a future hemispheric free trade zone. Discusses the positive and negative outcomes, to date, of the Agreement, and shows that the US has benefitted from the Agreement economically and politically.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR