Integração econômica e impactos territoriais: o Mercosul em questão

Spatial mobility of capital is a central issue related with economic integration of nation-states. That is the broad subject of this paper, which, concentrating chiefly on Mercosul, is concerned with questions of regional distribution of private investments and geographical organization of industrial production. Firstly, the article presents some elements of discussion about territorial impacts of market liberalization. Next, it looks into the importance attributed to manufacturing location in actual processes of integration, specially in Westem Europe. Thirdly, it turns to Mercosul, considering on the one hand capital movements and their effects in terms of spatial structures of production, mainly with respect to the automobile industry, and, on the other hand, the perspectives of interregional relations in the whole area of integration. At the final section, it is stressed the need of integrated action regarding both industrial and regional policy at the level of the economic bloc.Spatial mobility of capital is a central issue related with economic integration of nation-states. That is the broad subject of this paper, which, concentrating chiefly on Mercosul, is concerned with questions of regional distribution of private investments and geographical organization of industrial production. Firstly, the article presents some elements of discussion about territorial impacts of market liberalization. Next, it looks into the importance attributed to manufacturing location in actual processes of integration, specially in Westem Europe. Thirdly, it turns to Mercosul, considering on the one hand capital movements and their effects in terms of spatial structures of production, mainly with respect to the automobile industry, and, on the other hand, the perspectives of interregional relations in the whole area of integration. At the final section, it is stressed the need of integrated action regarding both industrial and regional policy at the level of the economic bloc