La geopolítica del libre comercio: impacto de la guerra comercial entre China y Estados Unidos en la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN)

Anthony Medina Rivas Plata

doi:10.38180/rpdi.v0i170.266

Authors

Anthony Medina Rivas Plata Universidad Católica Santa María de Arequipa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38180/rpdi.v0i170.266

Keywords:

T-MEC, Mexico, Canada, United States, economic integración

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze the geopolitical causes of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (TLCAN / NAFTA) until the generation of the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement (T-MEC / USMCA). We consider that the advance of China within the supply chains that enter the geographic area of North America, the existing asymmetries in the productive structures of Mexico and its two northern partners, as well as the new protectionist tendencies in the United States generated the conditions for the renegotiation of the agreement, which creates incentives to prioritize the production of industrial material within the USMCA space against competition from Chinese products. We will do a discussion about the favorable and unfavorable aspects for the implementation of the new agreement and the new perspectives on its possible impact on the automotive industry, which was one of the central aspects that led to its renegotiation.

Author Biography

Anthony Medina Rivas Plata, Universidad Católica Santa María de Arequipa

Politólogo por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y Master in Políticas Públicas por la Universidad de Rotterdam y la Universidad de York. Director de la Escuela de Ciencia Política y Gobierno de la Universidad Católica Santa María de Arequipa, Investigador Asociado del Instituto de Estudios Políticos Andinos (IEPA) y representante para el Perú de la International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS).

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