国际货币基金组织：2024年拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区贸易一体化与碎片化的动态报告（英文版）

Trade barriers and poor infrastructure play an important role in limiting trade integration in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean (LAC). Closing half of the infrastructure gap between LAC and advancedeconomies could lift exports by 30 percent. Reducing import tariffs could boost LAC's trade, but itsresponsiveness is lower than in other EMDEs, particularly in the long run, due to the region's specialization inagricultural exports with inelastic demand and supply constraints like growing cy