Volume 2 Theme IV: Sectoral impact of the FTAA: services - Ambassador Valdemar Carneiro Leao Telecommunications systems, the FTAA and the mercosur: issues and questions - Renato Galvao Flores Comments - Ana Novaes Openness and efficiency in brazilian banking - Afonso S. Bevilaqua and Eduardo M. M. Loyo Comments - Robert Devlin Mario Marconnini Theme V: Sectoral impact of the FTAA: goods - Luis Fernando Tironi Free trade arrangements in the american in the americas: quid for agriculture? - Dominique van der Mensbrugghe and Ramiro Guerreo Comments - Antonio Salazar Brandao Gervasio Castro de Rezende Technological change and modernization in the mercosur automotive industry - Paulo Bastos Tigre, Mariano Laplane, Gustavo Lugones and Fernando Porta Production and trade in dairy products in mercosur - Maria Beatriz and John Wilkinson Mercosur's impact on the development of the machine tools sector - Daniel Chudnovsky and Fabio S. Erber The impact of mercosur on growth in the petrochemical sector - Lia Hasenclever, Andres Lopez and Jose Clemente de Oliveira Comments - Renato Fonseca Jorge Chami Batista Volume 1 Theme 1: Macroeconomic coordination and hemispheric integration - Antonio Carlos Cerqueira Antunes Keynote address: does mercosur need a single currency? - Barry Eichengreen Comments - Afonso S. Bevilaqua Theme II: The FTAA: its impacts and perspectives - Renato Baumann Brazil and the United States at the gateway of the FTAA: a CGE modeling approach to challenges and options - Raul Hinosa-Ojeda and Sherman Robinson Comments - Dominique van der Mensbrugghe Renato Galvao Flores Trade impact of the free trade area of the americas - Alexandre Carvalho and Andreia Parente Comments - Honorio Kume Lia Valls Pereira The coming FTAA: a preliminary evaluation of potential impacts - Robert Devlin, Antoni Estevadeordal and Luis Jorge Garay Comments - Ambassador Jose Alfredo Graca Lima Marcelo de Paiva Abreu Theme II: Selected issues: rules of origin and competition - Sandra Polonia Rios Comments - Simao Silber Minister Clemente Mourao Trade, transparency and competition: FTAA and CER - Jose Tavares de Araujo Jr Comments - Gesner de Oliveira Mario Possas