(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2017-11-22) Cayo Durand de Geist, Getsiva
In recent times, the study of international relations began to explore new areas of research and to invent innovative approaches. Scholars turned their attention to the role of “economic diplomacy” as an important mean of foreign policy in fostering economic development and expansion. The case of the franco-peruvian economic diplomacy allows analyzing different structures and strategies which were directed towards a bilateral rapprochement. This paper studies the actors, functions and the institutional framework of the foreign economic policy of France and Peru between 1945 and 1975. In a comparative perspective, it is thereby possible to identify, a part of structural similarities, two clearly contrasting strategies in their economic diplomacy. On the one hand, France invested in the extending and specializing of their diplomatic staff in order to implement an active economic diplomacy. On the other hand, due to political and financial reasons, Peru often remained in a more passive role in the search for foreign investments.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2017-11-22) Posada, Carlos
The purpose of this article is to analyze the background of the negotiation and signing of an ambitious Multilateral Trade Agreement – TPP, whose purpose was to establish a commercial zone between Southeast Asian countries and countries of the Americas, which together represent approximately 40% of the world economy with a population of around 800 million people. This effort, which began with the negotiation of P4, was later expanded with the inclusion of the United States of America and other countries that joined the process. Among the issues covered by this Agreement, there are some that cause rejection by some sectors, due to the implications for their economy. However, because of the position declared by the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, this process to reach a comprehensive and ambitious Agreement has stopped, and after that, several members have also expressed their intention to withdraw the process too. In the following months we will see the effects of those decisions.
