Title The treatment of asymmetries in regional
and subregional integration process
Content
II. Asymmetries, Levels of Development and the Classification of Countries
III. The Traditional Treatment of Asymmetries in Latin America and the Caribbean
IV. Reciprocity and Asymmetries
Foreword
This report on "The treatment of asymmetries in regional and subregional integration processes" is to be presented at the Seminar "Special and differentiated treatment in trade relations among countries with different levels of economic development" organised by ALADI. It is a preview and a preliminary version of a study on "The treatment of asymmetries in international economic relations" that is being carried out by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA.
In light of the increasing predominance of the concept of reciprocity in multilateral and plurilateral agreements, it has been concluded that it is important that non-reciprocal and preferential and differentiated treatment systems are established or maintained within the framework of the hemispheric, regional or subregional integration processes and incorporated in their respective general norms as objective and non-discriminatory mechanisms that aim to reduce the asymmetries that exist among their member countries.
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