Cross-border cooperation as an alternative to the border tensions generated by the productive specialization of soybeans in MERCOSUR

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/redc.81938
Keywords: MERCOSUR, China, economic asymmetries, soybeans, cross-border cooperation

Abstract

The regional integration of MERCOSUR has played a crucial role in the development of the member countries, mainly Brazil and Argentina. However, its productive specialization and immersion in the global value chains of soybeans as a result of the growing demand from China and its leading presence in the region, has deepened the asymmetries between the economies of the countries of the bloc and the transformation in the border dynamics, given that a large part of the effects derived from these commercial exchanges materialize at the borders. For this reason, cross-border cooperation is presented as a path to social cohesion from the local level, since it refers to the agency capacity of subnational entities in bordering territories, taking as an example the case of Santana do Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay).

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Victoria Ávila Duque, Universidad del Rosario

Politóloga de la Universidad del Rosario. Estudiante de la Maestría en Estudios en Relaciones Internacionales de la UNAM. Ha sido investigadora de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Miembro de Paradiplomacia.org y del equipo editorial de la revista especializada Trabajos de Investigación en Paradiplomacia (TIP).

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Published
2022-05-10
How to Cite
Ávila Duque V. (2022). Cross-border cooperation as an alternative to the border tensions generated by the productive specialization of soybeans in MERCOSUR. Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, 49(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.5209/redc.81938
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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2022): Monográfico: Impulsar la cooperación transfronteriza en América Latina: contextos, intereses y legitimidades en presencia
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Monograph

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