North American Free Trade

doi:10.5771/9780815718468

North American Free Trade

Assessing the Impact

1. Auflage 2010

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doi.org/10.5771/9780815718468
ISBN print: 978-0-8157-5315-5
ISBN online: 978-0-8157-1846-8
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

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.

Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
i–xii Preface i–xii
- Contents
1–25 Introduction 1–25
- Background Information
- Economic Reform in Mexico
- Summary of the Papers
- Panel Discussion
26–68 The Impact of a North American Free Trade Area: Applied General Equilibrium Models 26–68
- Background
- Static Models with CRS Technology and Perfectly Competitive Goods Markets
- Static Models with Increasing Returns to Scale
- Dynamic Models
- Conclusions and Directions for Future Research
- Comment by Timothy J. Kehoe
- Comment by Robert Z. Lawrence
69–108 Labor Issues in a North American Free Trade Area 69–108
- Demographics and Labor Market Linkages
- Modeling the Effects of NAFTA on Labor Markets
- Policies, Politics, and Institutions
- Conclusion
- Comment by Anne O. Krueger
- Comment by Michael Piore
109–143 Modeling the Industrial Effects of NAFTA 109–143
- Studies Covered
- Conclusion
- Comment by Robert W. Crandall
- Comment by Jaime Ros
144–175 NAFTA and Agriculture: A Review of the Economic Impacts 144–175
- What Is the Agricultural Component of NAFTA?
- Broad Effects of NAFTA on Agriculture
- Quantitative Evidence of NAFTA Effects
- Reconciliation
- Comment by Darryl McLeod
176–209 NAFTA as the Center of an Integration Process: The Nontrade Issues 176–209
- The Substantive Debate
- The Political Process of Integration: Connecting the Debates
- The Future Policy Agenda
- Comment by Gustavo Vega-Canovas
210–249 NAFTA and the Rest of the World 210–249
- NAFTA, the Issue of Discrimination, and the GATT
- NAFTA and Nonmember Countries: Quantitative Studies
- NAFTA, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the EAI
- Systemic Implications
- Final Remarks
- Comment by Susan M. Collins
- Comment by Jeffrey J. Schott
250–262 Panel Discussion 250–262
- Discussion by Carlos Bazdresch Parada
- Discussion by Sylvia Ostry
263–264 Principal Contributors 263–264
265–266 Discussants and Panelists 265–266
267–274 Index 267–274
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