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- Not So Fast On nafta
- Not So Fast On NAFTANot So Fast on NAFTAI would like to comment on the results of a move (NAFTA) made by a company I restructured in 2000. AFTER THE RESTRUCTURING, the company moved its sewing operations to a town in Mexico, a few miles past TJ, Mexico, in 2003....
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Not So Fast On nafta
- When the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, it was seen by some as a landmark document promoting free and equal trade between three powerful neighbors: the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Today, NAFTA seems to have become a ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- nafta: The Politics in the United States
- Free trade agreements also helped to enhance the competitive position of many U. S. companies by making it easier to take advantage of scale economies and extend regional supply chains. Most supporters of NAFTA favored liberalization in the GATT, while opponents of free trade with Mexico fought the Uruguay round...
- White papers 2005-12-23
- Mexican Brands Pepper US Market
- Ten years after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, Mexican brands, Corona and others are doing just fine in the US. While ceding much of their own home turf to US global brands, Mexican companies, like most marketers, began to read the numbers emerging from growth...
- White papers 2004-08-09
- Economic Integration, Business Cycle, and Productivity in North America
- This paper examines the effect of the major Canada-U.S. trade agreements on the dynamics of business cycles and productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), have led to a substantial expansion of trade flows. Although common factors have...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Performance of Western Hemisphere Trading Blocs: A Cost-Corrected Gravity Approach
- This paper studies the performance of the four Western Hemisphere trading blocs during the period 1978-2001. For the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), trade integration outweighed trade diversion; for MERCOSUR, increased integration and trade diversion went hand in hand; for the Central American Common Market (CACM) and the Andean...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- How Has nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence
- This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business cycle dynamics, are documented...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Anti-Dumping at 100 Years and Counting: A Canadian Perspective
- In the ultimately anarchic world of international relations, an institution such as the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and the WTO (World Trade Organization) have precisely that amount of power that member governments are prepared to concede. And, in a real politic sense, the amount of power that member...
- White papers 2004-03-11
- The Effect of nafta on the US Spinning industry
- The purpose of the research presented in this paper has been to examine the effects of NAFTA on the US short staple spinning industry. Yarn, particularly cotton, plays a critical role in the apparel supply chain, and therefore the factors that affect yarn, in turn, also affect apparel. Since the...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- New Changes for the MAQUILADORAS: Legal and Policy Implications of nafta Article 303 for United States-Mexico Trade
- The general advantage of Mexican production proximity to the united states and its highway system reasonable wage costs, a complex but generally pro-business investment environment cordial relations between the united states and Mexican governments relative political stability and an increasingly democratic system, a language spoken by 30 million Americans, and...
- White papers 2003-08-19
- nafta, GATT, and the Current Free Trade System: A Dangerous Double Standard for Worker's Rights
- The single clearest most direct result of economic globalization to date is a massive global transfer of economic and political power away from national governments and into the hands of global corporations and the trade bureaucracies they helped create. This transfer of power is producing dire consequences for the environment...
- White papers 2003-08-19
- Export Profiles Of Small Land-Locked Countries
- This article discusses case study focusing on the implications for Lesotho. World Bank demographic and country characteristic statistics identify 16 small landlocked countries that are similar to Lesotho. This article attempts to determine what useful policy information can be derived from the recent trade performance of these “comparators” It also...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- An Analysis of nafta and Textile Closings in North Carolina
- This article looks first at the purposes and benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement Transition Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) program. Additionally, it notes the method of application and the criteria for eligibility for these benefits. The second part of the article considers data on textile industry closings and layoffs...
- White papers 2002-09-25
- Rethinking Dairyland: Background For Decisions About Wisconsin's Dairy Industry
- This paper analyzes benefits and costs for the U.S. and Wisconsin dairy industries stemming from international trade in dairy products. The focus is on the URWTO agreement and the NAFTA, and on benefits and costs as commonly perceived by dairy industry participants - not on broader economic efficiency and welfare...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Implications for U.S. Dairy Exporters and U.S. Investors in Mexico's Dairy-Food Businesses
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?which became effective on January 1, 1994?opened the Mexican market to larger U.S. dairy imports. The purposes of this Discussion Paper is to Analyze impacts of developments in Mexico's economy and dairy industry under the NAFTA that affect U.S. dairy exporting opportunities and U.S....
- White papers 2002-02-22
- Proceed With Caution
- When the U.S.-Mexico border is opened to international truck traffic as provided for in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), American shippers and motor carriers would theoretically have unimpeded access to a rapidly growing Mexican market with a population three times greater than Canada’s. Implementing NAFTA’s trucking provisions would...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- Between Good Neighbors, Fences Are Coming Down
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has done much to solidify the relationship between Canada and the U.S. Still, there are a surprising number of lapses in systems and procedures for facilitating cross-border trade. In particular, Canada lags somewhat in the development of electronic commerce for business-to-business transactions. Canada...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures Under nafta: Concepts and Evidence
- There is an extensive literature addressing the issues concerning strategic alliances and joint ventures. To organize the issues and theory in a manner that provides relevance to academics, policy makers and managers, this paper examines strategic alliances using a strategic alliance life cycle framework. It also discusses the issues in...
- White papers 2000-03-22
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- Free market Clintonism, RIP: the death of the free trade democrat
- HILLARY CLINTON WAS angry about free trade, and she wanted Wisconsin to know it. "I'm tired of being played for a patsy," the candidate said, 48 hours before the state's Democrats would hand a 17-point landslide to Barack Obama. "It's time we said to the rest of the world, 'If...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- North American trade deal has not helped Mexico's poor
- The spirited defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement by President Bush and his Mexican counterpart in New Orleans recently ignored an inconvenient fact -- the annual number of undocumented immigrants arriving in the USA from Mexico has risen dramatically since that trade agreement's inception ("Bush defends free-trade policy,"...
- Articles 2008-05-01
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