Mercosur: ambitious policies, poor practices

ABSTRACT Mercosur has achieved important advances like the removal of intra- bloc tariff and non-tariff barriers and the establishment of a common external tariff for most products. However, its ambitious plans to deepen the integration process comprising harmonisation of policies in areas like competition policy, government procurement, technical barriers and phytosanitary measures have not been implemented yet. This paper examines Mercosur policies in relation to tariffs and other non-tariff barriers comparing them with their implementation, in order to examine the extent to which the proposals have actually been fulfilled.

摘要：南方共同市场（Mercosur）已取得多项重要进展，例如取消集团内部关税与非关税壁垒，并为绝大多数产品确立了共同对外关税。然而，其旨在深化一体化进程的宏伟计划尚未付诸实施——该计划涵盖竞争政策、政府采购、技术性贸易壁垒及植物检疫措施等领域的政策协调工作。本文针对关税及其他非关税壁垒相关的南方共同市场政策，将其与实际执行情况进行对比分析，以探究相关提案的实际落实程度。