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<journal-id>0301-7036</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Problemas del desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Prob. Des]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0301-7036</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0301-70362019000300057</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2019.198.67471</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El rol de Uruguay y México en la integración comercial del MERCOSUR y del TLCAN: 1990-2016]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The roles of Uruguay and Mexico in economic integration, 1990-2016: MERCOSUR and NAFTA]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reig Lorenzi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nicolás]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Puchet Anyul]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Economía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>50</volume>
<numero>198</numero>
<fpage>57</fpage>
<lpage>85</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0301-70362019000300057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0301-70362019000300057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0301-70362019000300057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es analizar y comparar, en el marco de los procesos de integración comercial de los dos grandes bloques de las Américas, la integración de Uruguay en el MERCOSUR y de México en el TLCAN en el periodo 1990-2016, a través de métodos y técnicas de análisis estructural. La evidencia y los resultados sugieren que los bloques y los socios menores tuvieron trayectorias divergentes en sus procesos de integración. El MERCOSUR no tuvo avances significativos y continúa siendo un bloque poco integrado; mientras que el TLCAN profundizó la integración entre sus socios. En este contexto, los socios &#8220;menores&#8221; como Uruguay y México tuvieron una integración asimétrica en sus respectivos acuerdos y, por lo tanto, un aporte claramente diferente, siendo mucho más importante en el caso de México que en el de Uruguay.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Using structural analysis techniques and methods, this paper analyzes the integration of Uruguay into MERCOSUR and the integration of Mexico into NAFTA during the period 1990-2016 and compares the two. This analysis is conducted in the context of the process of economic integration between the main economic blocs in the Americas. The evidence and results suggest a divergence between the trajectories of the blocs and those of smaller partners. MERCOSUR made no significant progress and remained only a loosely integrated bloc, while NAFTA fostered a deeper integration between its partners. In this context, the integration of junior partners such as Mexico and Uruguay into their respective agreements has been asymmetrical, and therefore their respective contributions have differed considerably. This is much more significant in the case of Mexico than in Uruguay.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[asimetrías económicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[métodos y técnicas de análisis estructural]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[trade integration]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[economic asymmetries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[structural analysis methods and techniques]]></kwd>
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