Determination of Negative Correlation between the Indexes of Commercial Opening and Intra-industry Trade of México

Abstract

Always has been admitted that the international relations of the countries play a fundamental role in the international trade. For which, according to the theory, these relations (as agreements and international agreements) bring an increase in the index of commercial opening and for consequence a development of the trade intraindustrial. In this sense, the present article has as lens analyze the evolution that has had the commercial opening of Mexico; but principally, the degree of correlation finds of this one with his intraindustry trade in the period 1986-2006.