NAFTA at Ten: The Recount

A study of the historical themes of Nafta al-Masdoor based on the Holy Quran

A Profile of Foreign Direct Investment by the U.s. Fruit and Vegetable Industry

The analysis revealed incentives for foreign direct investment (FDI) for the U.S. fruit and vegetable industry. A relationship was found between U.S. tariffs on fruits and vegetables and FDI by U.S. produce firms in Latin America. Other factors affecting FDI were also investigated. The analysis revealed that a majority of the commodities produced as a result of FDI by U.S. fruit and vegetable f...

Dispensing with NAFTA Rules of Origin? Some Policy Options for Canada

Increased market access from Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) promised by policy makers is often diluted by preferential rules of origin (ROO). This paper discusses two policy options -one direct, and one indirect -with regard to limiting the impact of NAFTA ROO on trade, and illustrates the impact on GDP and welfare of these options using a computable general equilibrium methodology. The first (di...

NAFTA: Setting the Record Straight

T HE North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was sold on the basis that it would bring a substantial expansion of US exports to Mexico and boost Mexico’s economic growth. Since its passage, however, not everything has gone as planned. In 1995 — scarcely a year after NAFTA came into effect — Mexico was in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades. Meanwhile, rather than the anticipat...

The Rise of NAFTA

Within the now vast literature on globalization, two persistent themes include the rise of new regionalisms, and the fate of smaller economies being increasingly linked to global giants. While much of this discussion has focused on the European Union, the case of the North American Free Trade Agreement may be particularly instructive. First NAFTA arises at the same time as we spot the quickenin...