Análisis Comparado de Estrategias de Inserción de MERCOSUR y Alianza del Pacífico en la ASEAN (2018 - 2022)

Abstract

The commencement of trade together with globalization have generated the promotion of spaces and mechanisms to strengthen the cooperation and collective decision-making, that’s why the main objective of this article is to determine which of the economic blocs (MERCOSUR; Pacific Alliance) is most suitable to institute trade negotiations within the framework of ASEAN. This article is thought-out from the methodology of comparative analysis lest to present a general perspective of the current trade scenario. This perspective will be sketched on the analysis of standardized variables in order to make an objective assessment of the status and adaptive capacity of the Pacific Alliance and MERCOSUR against to ASEAN; the interpretation of qualitative data will permits the outline of the opportunities that each bloc would have during future negotiations with Asia-Pacific, thus giving greater prominence to the "Global South" in the international trade. It should be stressed that the three actors exposed in the study interact within a scenario characterized by multilateralism, where the relative development of each one determines its negotiating competence and its trade policy, that will define its insertion’s depth. Considering the hybrid nature of the Pacific Alliance, it is not difficult to propose it as the one with the strategy to execute an effective insertion against the Asian way. The flexibility of the organizations such as ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance facilitates the strengthening of commercial agreements between countries of lesser relative development, a strengthening understood as the establishment of agreements with a differential focus in accordance with their respective negotiation formats.