Global Insider: Pacific Alliance Is Set on a Promising Path

The leaders of the Pacific Alliance, comprised of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, held a summit meeting earlier this month to consider membership applications from Panama and Costa Rica and to ratify observer status in the trade group for four other countries. In an email interview, Gian Luca Gardini, a lecturer in international relations and Latin American politics at the University of Bath, discussed the Pacific Alliance’s trajectory.

WPR: What are the main priorities for the Pacific Alliance in terms of trade and integration, and how successful has it been so far? ...