NAFTA at 20 : the North American Free Trade Agreement's achievements and challenges / edited by Michael J. Boskin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boskin, Michael J., editor.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 655.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 655

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)--Congresses.

North American Free Trade Agreement.

North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17).

Free trade--North America--Congresses.

Free trade.

Commerce.

North America.

North America--Commerce--Congresses.

North America--Economic integration--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2014.

Summary:

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was bold and controversial from the start. When first conceived, it was far from obvious that it would be possible given the circumstances of the times. Drawing from a December 2013 Hoover Institution conference on "NAFTA at 20," this book brings together distinguished academics who have studied the effects of NAFTA with high-level policy makers to present a comprehensive view of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It looks at the conception, creation, outcomes so far, and the future of NAFTA from the perspective of economists, historians, and the aforementioned policy makers in the words of those who actually participated in the negotiations and research. In the context of the fundamental economic and political transformation of North America, they discuss the trade, real wage, and welfare gains that NAFTA has produced for the United States, Mexico, and Canada, along with a review of the major energy markets within and among the three countries. They include lessons from NAFTA for the future, both for NAFTA itself and for other trade agreements, and stress the importance of political leadership and providing information on the benefits of trade liberalization to voters and potentially ill-informed politicians who hear most loudly from the opponents.

Contents:

Introduction / Michael J. Boskin

1. NAFTA: from conception to creation

2. Mexico and Canada before and after NAFTA

3. The new North America

4. Evaluating the effects of NAFTA

5. North American energy

6. NAFTA's next twenty years and lessons for future trade liberalization.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0817918159

9780817918156

9780817918149

0817918140

OCLC:

888553535