Latin American Integration Association

Latin American Integration Association

Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) The successor to the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA), which had been formed in 1960 by the Treaty of Montevideo in an attempt to liberalize and harmonize trade between its eleven member states. As this did not take enough account of the vast differences in economic development between the various members, the LAFTA gave way to the LAIA on 12 August 1980. The LAIA promoted bilateral trade liberalization between individual member states, and established general tariff reductions in different bands, in an attempt to promote the economic development among its poorer members, notably Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay.

Andean Group; OAS; Mercosur

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