Free Trade in American-Canadian Relations
Title | Free Trade in American-Canadian Relations PDF eBook |
Author | Edelgard Elsbeth Mahant |
Publisher | Malabar, Fla. : Krieger Publishing Company |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Canada, not Japan, has been America's most important export market for the past 50 years, and in 1988 the two countries signed a free trade agreement. This text places that agreement in its historical context, reviews controversies surrounding the agreement, and looks ahead to future prospects.
A North American Free Trade Agreement
Title | A North American Free Trade Agreement PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hart |
Publisher | IRPP |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780886451141 |
This document discusses the challenge from Mexico, the North American trade regime, North American trade and investment patterns, and issues and options for the future. It also examines what is involved in a tripartite agreement.
Building a Canadian-American Free Trade Area
Title | Building a Canadian-American Free Trade Area PDF eBook |
Author | Donald S. Macdonald |
Publisher | IRPP |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780815729730 |
A New Special Relationship
Title | A New Special Relationship PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Morici |
Publisher | IRPP |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780886451325 |
This study examines from an American perspective the impact of the free trade agreement (FTA) on the evolution of the Canada-United States economic relationship. It puts into historical context the special trading relationship between Canada and the United States which prevailed over the early postwar period. It examines how FTA rules and dispute settlement procedures create an effective basis for managing bilateral economic relationships in the context of more decentralized policy processes. It also explores the potential impact on the bilateral trading regime of the changing nature of international competition, the adjustments taking place in the structure of the Canadian and American economies, and the challenges posed by continuing technological change.
Making Free Trade Work
Title | Making Free Trade Work PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Morici |
Publisher | New York : Council on Foreign Relations Press |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Law |
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The United States and Canada
Title | The United States and Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Wonnacott |
Publisher | Peterson Institute |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780881320565 |
Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States, and the two governments have begun negotiations for a free trade agreement which would tie their relationship even closer. This study analyzes the difficult problems that must be addressed in the negotiations - including quite different perceptions in the two countries of what constitutes fair trade. It suggests several possible ways of reducing differences over subsidies and countervailing duties. It also addresses the exchange rate relationship between the two dollars, and how this affects the trade outlook. An appendix by John Williamson calculated a fundamental equilibrium exhange rate for the Canadian dollar.
Decision at Midnight
Title | Decision at Midnight PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hart |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780774805438 |
On 2 January 1988, Canada and the United States signed what was then the most comprehensive free-trade agreement that the world has seen. Decision at Midnight is the story of the FTA negotiaions themselves, the preparations for and conduct of those negotiations and the ideas and issues behind them. From their unique perspective as participants, Hart, Dymond, and Robertson capture the drama and the personalities involved in the long struggle to make a free-trade deal. They describe the extensive consultations, the turf-fighting among insiders, the innate caution of both politicians and bureaucrats, and the need to cultivate powerful constituencies in order to overcome the inertia of conventional wisdom. Althought they tell the story from a Canadian perspective, the authors also include their perception of what was taking place in the United States and the wider world to create the circumstances that would make the negotiations desirable, possible, and ultimately successful. Throughout, they skilfully mix personalities, events, and issues to provide a compelling narrative and convincing analysis.