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Volume	Vol 17, nº 2, Abr-Jun - 1997
Author	Mauricio Mesquita Moreira e Paulo Guilherme Correa
Section	Artigos
Paper	Abertura comercial e indústria: o que se pode esperar e o que se vem obtendo
Summary	The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of trade liberalization on the Brazilian manufacturing industry over the 1989-96 period. To this end, a series of indicators was built which shed light on the technical efficiency and allocational effects of the liber-alization. The results obtained suggest that the impacts were, in general, positive and consistent with both predictions of the literature of the international trade and the pat-tern of Brazil’s industrialization. Yet, they also point to a number of challenges to be faced by State, particularly, with regard to the imperfections that affect international trade in manufacturing and that threaten the gains from trade.