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Trade, regionalism and the politics of policy making in Nicaragua

Carrion, Gloria

Power plays a strong role in international trade negotiations. Trade policy making has turned trade bargaining into a process in which gains and losses among actors are directly correlated to the amount of power they have at the national level. Traditional international relations literature and the analysis of the political economy of trade negotiations often ignores these power dynamics. This paper addresses this information gap by examining trade policy in Nicaragua.