{"id":56684,"date":"2016-08-02T09:17:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/next-steps-in-pacific-alliance-integration\/"},"modified":"2016-08-02T09:17:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:17:33","slug":"next-steps-in-pacific-alliance-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/next-steps-in-pacific-alliance-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Steps in Pacific Alliance Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div class=\"event__webcast event--full__webcast\">\n<p><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4CFEkjwDPc\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"512\" width=\"910\"><\/iframe> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Webcast Recap <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"event__webcast-wrapper event--full__webcast-wrapper article-body__pull\">\n<div class=\"embedded-video\">\n<div class=\"player\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"event__body event--full__body\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the shadow of the British vote to leave the European Union and rising protectionist sentiment in the United States, the four presidents of the Pacific Alliance\u2014Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru\u2014met last week in southern Chile to reaffirm their commitment to open markets, free trade, and integration. Notably, Argentine President Mauricio Macri attended the summit, indicating not only the sharp turn of his government in areas of international economic policy but also the interest of Chile, which took over the Alliance presidency, in building bridges to Mercosur.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond aspirations and issues of branding, what have been the concrete achievements of the Pacific Alliance? How probable is it that members will be able to pursue deeper financial integration, a goal set forth at last week\u2019s meeting? What are the real possibilities of greater convergence between the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur and how do Brazil\u2019s economic and political difficulties affect that effort?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joining us for a discussion of next steps in Pacific Alliance integration are:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speakers:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ambassador Juan Gabriel Vald\u00e9s<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chilean Ambassador to the United States<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ambassador Luis Miguel Castilla<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peruvian Ambassador to the United States<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinz\u00f3n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colombian Ambassador to the United States<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kenneth Smith-Ramos<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<div>Director of the Trade and NAFTA Office<\/div>\n<div>Embassy of Mexico in Washington DC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commentators:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Antoni Estevadeordal<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manager, Integration and Trade Sector<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter-American Development Bank<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Meghan Greene<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research Assistant, Latin American Program<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wilson Center<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moderator:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cynthia J. Arnson<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director, Latin American Program<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wilson Center<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"event__related-content event--full__related-content\">\n<div class=\"block block--related-content\">\n<p><strong>Related Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"block-related-content__list\">\n<li class=\"block-related-content__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/publication\/the-pacific-alliance-ongoing-challenges-to-trade-integration\">The Pacific Alliance: Ongoing Challenges to Trade Integration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"event__related-content event--full__related-content\">\n<div class=\"block block--related-content\">\n<p><strong>Event Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"block-related-content__list\">\n<li class=\"block-related-content__list-item\"><a type=\"application\/pdf; length=563973\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pacific_alliance_data.pdf\">pacific_alliance_data.pdf<\/a> (550.75 KB)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Steps in Pacific Alliance Integration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boletines-regionales"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}