Protezionismo, libero scambio e commercio preferenziale: l'esperienza messicana tra il 1970 e il 2005

• Main Author: Pablo Ruiz Nàpoles
• Format: Article
• Language: Italian
• Published: Associazione Economia civile 2007-03-01
• Series: Moneta e Credito
• Subjects: Protezionismo; libero scambio; commercio preferenziale; Messico
• Online Access: http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/10396/10287

This paper is an analysis of trade policies in Mexico. A structural analysis of the Mexican economy's performance in three successive but different periods, regarding trade policies for the last thirty-five years, is presented. Results are confronted with expectations from various trade policies. There are two main conclusions: first, those extreme free-trade policies have not been good for economic stability, growth and employment creation in Mexico; and second, that specialization in production and trade occurs in non labour- intensive sectors in Mexico, in opposition to what is expected according to the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, under free trade conditions.