trade sia of the association agreement under negotiation between european community and mercosur automobile sector study mid term report 5th april 2007 this was commissioned financed by commission communities views expressed herein are those consultant do not represent any official view has been prepared for contract no 05 g3 01 specific 1 eu partners iarc institute development policy management idpm university manchester chaire copenhagen economics ecostrat consultants brazil gret groupe de recherche et d echanges technologiques land use natural resources greenwich wise women in sustainable enterprise project website http www org email address man ac uk contents abbreviations vi executive summary ix introduction 2 context 3 s programme 4 studies negotiations 0 methodology 5 framework causal chain analysis scenarios 6