Freeing trade in North America / Greg Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Greg, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17).

North American Free Trade Agreement.

International economic relations.

North America--Economic integration--Political aspects.

North America.

North America--Foreign economic relations.

International economic integration--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

v, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"A concise analysis and overview of the trilateral trade agreements--NAFTA and its successor USCMA--that have created one of the largest trade blocs in the world. Conceived in an era of rapid post-Cold War economic liberalization, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1994, brought together Canada, Mexico and the United States with the aim of creating a regional trade bloc that eliminated the friction and costs of trade between the three nations. Without an overarching institutional framework, NAFTA never sought to attain the levels of integration achieved by the European Union--for many it was a missed opportunity--and never quite fulfilled its potential as a single market, and under Trump's administration it has looked increasingly precarious as a trilateral trade agreement. This book provides an overview of NAFTA and its successor the USCMA, explaining the theory behind the politics and economics of trade in North America. It provides an accessible and lively analysis of the agreements' key provisions, short-comings and the past revision efforts of the governments involved."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The North American idea

What the NAFTA is (and is not)

North America as region

New ground broken and (mixed?) results

Much ado about foreign direct investment

Governance in the NAFTA, or lack thereof

Labour and the environment

NAFTA 2.0: did the USMCA modernize anything?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Co-published by Agenda Publishing.

Other Format:

Online version: Anderson, Greg, 1969- Freeing trade in North America.

ISBN:

9780228000747

0228000742

9780228000754

0228000750

OCLC:

1121075616