Free trade agreements : selected analyses from NAFTA to the Trans-Pacific partnership / Jenell Gallo, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallo, Jenell, editor.

Series:

American Political, Economic, and Security Issues

American Political, Economic, and Security Issue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--United States.

Free trade.

United States--Commercial policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force on January 1, 1994. The overall economic impact of NAFTA is difficult to measure since trade and investment trends are influenced by numerous other economic variables, such as economic growth, inflation, and currency fluctuations. NAFTA continues to be of interest to Congress because of the importance of Canada and Mexico as U.S. trading partners, and also because of the implications NAFTA has for U.S. trade policy. This book provides an overview of North American trade liberalization before NAFTA, an overview of NAFTA provisio

Contents:

""FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SELECTED ANALYSES FROM NAFTA TO THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP""; ""FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SELECTED ANALYSES FROM NAFTA TO THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: NAFTA AT 20: OVERVIEW AND TRADE EFFECTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MARKET OPENING PRIOR TO NAFTA""; ""OVERVIEW OF NAFTA PROVISIONS""; ""TRADE TRENDS AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""APPENDIX A. U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE WITH NAFTA PARTNERS""

""APPENDIX B. MEXICO�S PROTECTIONIST TRADE POLICIES PRIOR TO NAFTA""""Chapter 2: THE U.S.-SOUTH KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (KORUS FTA): PROVISIONS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE KORUS FTA IN A NUTSHELL""; ""ESTIMATES OF THE OVERALL ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF A KORUS FTA""; ""AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S.-SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP""; ""U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN OBJECTIVES IN AN FTA""; ""SECTOR-SPECIFIC ISSUES AND THE KORUS FTA""; ""GENERAL PROVISIONS""; ""LEGISLATIVE ACTION""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTH KOREA AND THE U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE""

""IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. TRADE POLICY AND U.S. ASIA POLICY""""APPENDIX. SOUTH KOREAN MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING""; ""Chapter 3: THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP)NEGOTIATIONS AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF THE TPP""; ""THE TPP IN CONTEXT""; ""U.S.-TPP ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS""; ""CORE NEGOTIATING ISSUES: MARKET ACCESS""; ""CORE NEGOTIATING ISSUES: RULES""; ""NEW AND CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES""; ""INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX""

""Chapter 4: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: IMPACT ON U.S. TRADE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. TRADE POLICY""""SUMMARY""; ""WHAT ARE FREE TRADE AREAS?""; ""WHY COUNTRIES FORM FTAS""; ""FTAS IN THE CONTEXT OF U.S. TRADE POLICY""; ""OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POLICY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FTAS""; ""FTAS AND THE WTO""; ""THE DEBATE OVER FTAS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESS""; ""Chapter 5: OVERVIEW OF LABOR ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""LABOR ENFORCEMENT IN U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS""; ""ENFORCEMENT ISSUES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63117-367-7

OCLC:

918623731