Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance Convergence: Building a Level Labor Playing Field Across Latin America

Whilst walls have been erected in other regions, the construction of bridges seems to be the path explored by Latin America. Despite the rivalries created by the fast development of trade organizations, economic growth, and profits between Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance in the region, Latin American countries, through their foreign policies, have found a way to work out their divergences. They have created convergence and cooperation on key issues such as transnational migration, migrant workers’ rights, free movement of people, and educational training—and more importantly fill the gap between the two organizations by a full regional economic integrative process.