Vietnam se occidentaliza: Un análisis de economía política de la adhesión de Vietnam a la OMC

• Autores: Iliana Olivié Aldasoro , Federico Steinberg
• Localización: Revista de economía mundial, ISSN 1576-0162, Nº 36, 2014, págs. 239-257
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Este artículo explora las razones que llevaron a Vietnam a entrar en la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) en 2007. Sobre la base de entrevistas semi-estructuradas con élites políticas y económicas, fuentes secundarias y documentos oficiales, se argumenta que las consideraciones de economía política fueron clave en esta decisión. En particular, las autoridades vietnamitas utilizaron la adhesión a la OMC para consolidar reformas estructurales internas, subrayar su estabilidad política ante sus socios comerciales y asegurar el acceso de sus productos a los mercados de los países occidentales. La adhesión llega tras un cambio cualitativo en las las exportaciones (con creciente valor añadido) que significó también nuevos socios comerciales (occidentales). Así, se interpreta adhesión a la OMC como el paso final de un proceso más amplio de �occidentalización� económica.

  • English

    This paper explores the reasons and motivations for Vietnam�s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2007. On the basis of in-depth, semistructured interviews with elites, secondary sources, and official documents, we point to the relevance of political economy considerations in this decision. In particular, Vietnamese authorities used WTO accession as an instrument to lock-in internal structural reforms, signal political stability to trade partners, and secure market access to Western consumer markets. Accession comes after a qualitative change in the export pattern (increased added value) that also meant new trade partners, mostly Western partners. Therefore, we interpret WTO accession as the final step of a wider process of economic and trade �Westernization�.

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