Nafta

by Coffey, Peter; Dodds, J. Colin; Lazcano, Enrique; Riley, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780792384823
• ISBN10: 0792384822
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

NAFTA has been described by one expert as being a partial customs union. It is, in any case, a special kind of free trade area because it consists of two highly developed economies and one large third world economy. In this book, the contributors examine the specific interests of the three member countries, Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the creation of NAFTA. They also assess the influence of this trade area on their economics. Looking to the future, doubts are expressed about the feasibility of using NAFTA (a hope expressed by the USA) as a stepping stone in the creation of a Free Trade Area of the Americas. Instead, the contributors see the consolidation of MERCOSUR in Latin America and the creation of a new Trans-Atlantic Market - as proposed by Sir Leon Brittan - as more likely developments.

Author Biography

Peter Coffey, a British national was until recently, Head of the Economics section at the Europa Instituut, University of Amsterdam. Presently he is Holder of the recently created U.S. West Chair at the Graduate School at the College of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA. He has published many works on European and international economic and monetary problems. Professor Coffey, who speaks seven languages, has lectured in most countries of the EC, as well as in many other parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Other Books	vii
Peter Coffey
List of Tables	xi
Acknowledgements	xv
Notes About the Contributors	xvii
Introduction	xix
Regional Integration	1	(26)
Peter Coffey
Nafta and Canada	27	(38)
Colin Dodds
Nafta in Mexico	65	(48)
Enrique Lazcano Espinosa
Nafta: The us Perspective	113	(56)
Robert Riley
The Future	169	(10)
Peter Coffey
Index	179	(10)
List of Appendicies	189