North American Free Trade

Nora Claudia Lustig; Barry P. Bosworth; Robert Z. Lawrence

doi:10.5771/9780815718468

Summary

The proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) represents a historic change in relations among Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The effect of the agreement on the three economies has generated controversy and some degree of alarm within each country.

In this book, noted trade and development experts review the available literature on the effects of NAFTA on the three member countries and the world trading system. They evaluate how NAFTA will affect areas such as economic growth, employment, income distribution, industry, and agriculture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States; and consider the significance the trade agreement holds for the rest of the world.

Drusill K. Brown begins the discussion by providing an overview and comparison of the general results from recent studies. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda and Sherman Robinson explore in greater detail the potential effects of NAFTA on wages and employment in Mexico and the United States. Sidney Wintrab reviews industry-specific effects of NAFTA, in particular, the environment, the social agenda, and human rights and democracy. Finally, Carlos Alberto Primo Braga considers the implications of NAFTA on the rest of the world.

Following each of these chapters, international scholars assess the alternatives and provide recommendations for future research.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-5315-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-1846-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. Background Information No access
2. Economic Reform in Mexico No access
3. Summary of the Papers No access
4. Panel Discussion No access
1. Background No access
2. Static Models with CRS Technology and Perfectly Competitive Goods Markets No access
3. Static Models with Increasing Returns to Scale No access
4. Dynamic Models No access
5. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research No access
6. Comment by Timothy J. Kehoe No access
7. Comment by Robert Z. Lawrence No access
1. Demographics and Labor Market Linkages No access
2. Modeling the Effects of NAFTA on Labor Markets No access
3. Policies, Politics, and Institutions No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Comment by Anne O. Krueger No access
6. Comment by Michael Piore No access
1. Studies Covered No access
2. Conclusion No access
3. Comment by Robert W. Crandall No access
4. Comment by Jaime Ros No access
1. What Is the Agricultural Component of NAFTA? No access
2. Broad Effects of NAFTA on Agriculture No access
3. Quantitative Evidence of NAFTA Effects No access
4. Reconciliation No access
5. Comment by Darryl McLeod No access
1. The Substantive Debate No access
2. The Political Process of Integration: Connecting the Debates No access
3. The Future Policy Agenda No access
4. Comment by Gustavo Vega-Canovas No access
1. NAFTA, the Issue of Discrimination, and the GATT No access
2. NAFTA and Nonmember Countries: Quantitative Studies No access
3. NAFTA, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the EAI No access
4. Systemic Implications No access
5. Final Remarks No access
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