EU-Latin America and Caribbean Inter-regional relations: complexity and change.

Volume, number, page
24, pp.3-24.
Year of Publication
2015
Author(s)
GARDINI Gian Luca
AYUSO Anna
Editor(s)
CIDOB
Organization Name
Barcelona Centre For International Affairs
Acronym
CIDOB
Publisher
CIDOB
City
Barcelona
Country of Publication
España
Category
Reports
Theme
Subregion - European Union
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Strategic Partnerships
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Government
Keyword(s)
Política exterior
Foreign Policy
International politics
International Relations
Biregional Co-operation
Biregionalism
Regionalism
International Commercial Relations
European Union
CELAC
Mercosur
CARICOM
Andean Community
Caribbean
Latin America
Interregionalism
Interregional Relations
Economic Relations
Abstract
This paper analyses regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean and interregionalism between this region and the European Union. The complexities and overlapping of Latin American regionalisms are reflected in the several interregional mechanisms that the European Union has with Latin American and Caribbean countries and regional organisations. The paper argues that different political and economic interests in Latin America and the Caribbean have given rise to overlapping regionalist projects, where the overlapping of competences is more problematic than that of membership. Also, Latin American and Caribbean regionalisms have constantly evolved in terms of strategies and organisations. This has generated a number of interregional institutionalized mechanisms between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean, but the current structure seems in need for reform.