Establecimiento de un Régimen de Facilitación del Comercio en Chile: Estudio del Comercio Internacional desde la Perspectiva de las Transiciones Socio-técnicas

Abstract

The objective of the study is to analyze the implementation of technologies for the facilitation of Chilean foreign trade, using the perspective of multi-level analysis of socio-technical transitions, with an exploratory scope. A documentary analysis of periodical publications is carried out, mainly Chilean journals in the field, to identify the relationship of the macro level and commercial policy with the establishment of the trade facilitation regime, between 1961 and 2011. The results show that the liberalization of foreign trade and international institutions that promote free trade have put pressure on the implementation of trade facilitation measures in Chile, helping to structure the new regime. It is concluded that the use of the perspective of transitions makes it possible to demonstrate the pressures of socio-technical landscape and commercial policy in the establishment of a trade facilitation regime based on information technologies.