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North American Free Trade Agreement

Opportunities and Challenges

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Khosrow Fatemi

    1. Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration, Laredo State University, Laredo, USA

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This book is a collection of timely and detailed articles on the North American Free Trade Agreement written by experts in the field who examine the Canadian, US and Mexican points of view. The scholars provide an overview as well as their insights of how NAFTA impacts on macroeconomic issues, national perspectives and bilateral issues, cross-border and industry-specific issues and the environment. This book serves as an excellent primary source of information on many of the significant aspects of NAFTA.

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Khosrow Fatemi
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Coming Debate on NAFTA

      • Sidney Weintraub
      Pages 18-38

  3. Macroeconomic Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Introduction

      • Khosrow Fatemi
      Pages 41-42

    3. The North American Free Trade Agreement: Comparisons with Southern EC Enlargement

      • Robert C. Shelburne
      Pages 43-61

    4. The Linking Giant: An Analysis and Policy Implications of the Canada-Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Area

      • M. Reza Vaghefi
      Pages 62-83

    5. North American Trade in the Post-Debt-Crisis Era

      • Barry W. Poulson, Mohan Penubarti
      Pages 84-97

  4. National Perspectives and Bilateral Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Introduction

      • Khosrow Fatemi
      Pages 101-103

    3. Free Trade Restructuring in Canadian Manufacturing: An Initial Assessment

      • Ricardo Grinspun
      Pages 104-116

    4. The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Canadian Perspective

      • Edward R. Bruning
      Pages 117-133

    5. Mexico in a North American Free Trade Area

      • Joseph A. McKinney
      Pages 134-144

    6. Facing up to Mexico

      • Peter Morici
      Pages 145-160

    7. An Empirical Estimation of the Level of Intra-Industry Trade between Mexico and the United States

      • Jorge G. Gonzalez, Alejandro Velez
      Pages 161-172

    8. U.S. and Mexican Foreign Exchange Risk Management Techniques

      • Kurt R. Jesswein, Stephen B. Salter, L. Murphy Smith
      Pages 173-182

  5. Cross-Border and Industry-Specific Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Introduction

      • Khosrow Fatemi
      Pages 185-187

    3. Maquiladora Employee Turnover and Job Training

      • James M. Lane
      Pages 188-195
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  • Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration, Laredo State University, Laredo, USA

    Khosrow Fatemi

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