00745nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000160001724500230003326000090005652005160006558300190058194200060060099900170060620260716043336.0  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  cA  c45248d45248