Mercosul: desafios para consolidação de uma união aduaneira

Abstract

The MERCOSUL is formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela; and some associated countries are also included. According to the regional integration stages it has been classified as a customs area consolidation process. Since its formation, the MERCOSUL presented difficulties to maintain the agreements once established between the members to set up the common objectives because there was a time of transition to the program definition for decreasing and eliminating the barriers in order to achieve the tariff harmony. Some challenges might bring up the idea of stagnation or regression into the South American integration, due the imperfections that are caused by using tools as a market defense to sensible products; and in the gap of political convergence which leads to the gradual reduction of exceptions list towards the Common External Tariff.