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NAFTA at 20 : overview, trade effects, and impact on agriculture / Marian Weaver, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trade issues, policies and laws series.
- Trade Issues, Policies and Laws
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17).
- North American Free Trade Agreement.
- Free trade--North America.
- Free trade.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture.
- North America--Commerce.
- North America.
- North America--Economic integration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.
- 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. The agreement may have accelerated the trade liberalization that was already taking place, but many of these changes may have taken place with or without an agreement. Nevertheless, NAFTA is significant because it was the most comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) negotiated at the time and contain
- Contents:
- NAFTA AT 20: OVERVIEW, TRADE EFFECTS, AND IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE; NAFTA AT 20: OVERVIEW, TRADE EFFECTS, AND IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE; 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: NAFTA AT 20: NORTH AMERICA'S FREE-TRADE AREA AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE
- ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; WHAT IS NAFTA?; OVERVIEW OF NORTH AMERICAN MARKET INTEGRATION; A NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR GRAINS, OILSEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL PRODUCT MARKETS EXPERIENCE FURTHER INTEGRATION; A HIGHLY INTEGRATED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET; UNUSUALLY ABUNDANT CROPS ALTER CONDITIONS IN THE U.S.-MEXICO SUGAR AND SWEETENER MARKETS; MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION RESHAPES THE COTTON, TEXTILE, AND APPAREL MARKETS; A NORTH AMERICAN APPROACH TO DEEPER INTEGRATION; EXTENDING FREE TRADE TO NEW MARKETS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-780-5
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