The eleventh issue of the Latin American Journal of European Studies has just been published. It is a publication of the Latin American Center of European Studies, currently supported by the Jean Monnet Network Policy Debate “BRIDGE Watch”, with funding from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.
The main purpose of the Journal is to publish research related to the European Union Law and Policies and International Relations of the European Union with third countries and Latin America to create new knowledge, build bridges of dialogue, as well as exchange good practices between European Union and Latin America.
The eleventh edition of the Journal also has a thematic dossier on “Fair and Free Trade for Inclusive Economies” theme of the XI Jean Monnet Network – BRIDGE Seminar, held from April 13 to 15, 2026, at the University of Lisbon (ULisboa), in Lisbon, Portugal.
The 2026-1 edition brings together 15 scientific papers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Uruguay.
The full edition is available here.
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DOSSIER: Fair and Free Trade for Inclusive Economies
BEYOND CLIMATE COMPLIANCE: procedural fairness, exporter inclusion, and dispute prevention under the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism
Antonio Lopo Martinez
FREE TRADE OR FAIR TRADE?
Pablo Guerra
FREE AND FAIR TRADE AS PILLARS OF INCLUSIVE ECONOMIES
Liliana Bertoni
TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: a critical analysis of the new model of labour standards enshrined in trade agreements signed by the European Union
Patrícia Ponte Bastos
FAIR TRADE OR HIDDEN BARRIERS? Legal challenges from TFEU to FTAS for inclusive economic cooperation within the precautionary principle
Amon Elpidio da Silva, Melina Coelho Garcia
ECONOMIC LIBERALISM, REGULATORY EXTRATERRITORIALITY AND CENTRE–PERIPHERY ASYMMETRY IN THE MERCOSUR–EUROPEAN UNION AGREEMENT
Graziela de Araújo Modesto, João Paulo Modesto da Silva
THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION–MERCOSUR AGREEMENT: institutional asymmetries, protection models, and implementation challenges
Anita Mattes, Naiara Posenato
FREE MOVEMENT AND CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY IN INTERNATIONAL ART TRADE: regulatory convergence between the European Union and Brazil within the framework of the EU–Mercosur Agreement
Yasmin de Méro Omena, Pedro Augusto de Albuquerque
FAIR TRADE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE: an analysis of the peasantry in Honduras in the face of European Union sustainability standards
Leandro Rodrigues Lopes, Lucimara de Nazaré Rodrigues Lopes de Freitas, Mayany Soares Salgado
FROM EXTRACTIVISM TO RESPONSIBLE TRADE: environmental sustainability, climate crisis and EU – Bolivia commercial relations
Fabricio Alejandro Machicado Borja, Vladimir Alejandro Machicado Borja, Edwin Alejandro Machicado Rocha
ARTICLES
CONSTITUTIONAL VISION OF THE GREEN TRANSITION: the experiences of Bolivia and Ecuador
Juan David Alarcón Morales
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND THE CHALLENGES FACING LATIN AMERICA IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY
Cecilia Celeste Danesi
HUMAN TRAFFICKING NETWORKS IN EUROPE: between digitization of crime and policy response
Belkacem Ghania
STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE ON THE IMPACT OF ASSYLUM APPLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD RETURN PROCEDURES
Antonio Jesús Calzado Llamas