Editorial - Implications of agreements
In the middle of a strong opening current, recently
installed in Latin American countries, which aspire to
establish free trade agreements and complementation
with important regional blocks, the manufacturing
industry of Latin America must carefully analyze its
possibilities.
It is essential to delineate and define a policy that
allows it to maintain its validity and vocation for
growth.
It is necessary to consider and quantify the potential
of the sector, comparatively with the other participating states, and from there construct policies that
guarantee equanimity for the parties.
While for many countries trade agreements allow access to a larger market, it is also necessary to assess what they will receive in return and its effects. Latin America as a whole, possesses great natural and human resources, from which, through governments, development policies can be formulated, with a view to the growth of the labor market and the general welfare.
And at this point, it is where the main political responsibility of the leadership resides, in the sense of channeling
the use of resources for its own benefits.
The other option is the “primarization of the economies”, where many countries become suppliers of raw
materials and commodities, significantly reducing
their possibilities of creating jobs, and consequently
social and economic growth.
It is not an anti-globalization proposal, which in itself is irreversible, but a reflection to continue with the internationalization of trade, in a framework of equity and justice, with benefits for all.
The Editor