The Pacific Alliance: the New Star among Integration Groupings

... avenue for the promotion of US policy in the region and an antagonist to Mercosur. How correct are these views? What are the opportunities for the development of trade and economic relations between Russia and the Alliance? Objectives and Potential The Pacific Alliance is the most recent sub-regional economic union established in Latin America, whose members have proposed a new model of integration. It is aimed at jointly capturing the fastest growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) through the Alliance members’ profound integration and their geographical location on the Pacific coast [1] . This is the first integration association created specifically for the development of trade and economic relations ...