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）已在取消集团内部关税与非关税壁垒、为多数产品确立共同对外关税等方面取得重要进展。然而，其旨在深化一体化进程的宏伟计划——涵盖竞争政策、政府采购、技术壁垒及植物检疫措施等领域的政策协调——迄今仍未得到落实。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展开研究，将其与实际执行情况进行对比，以此探析相关提案的实际落实程度。