North American Free Trade Agreement: Opportunities and Challenges

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-17
The Coming Debate on NAFTA....Pages 18-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Introduction....Pages 41-42
The North American Free Trade Agreement: Comparisons with Southern EC Enlargement....Pages 43-61
The Linking Giant: An Analysis and Policy Implications of the Canada-Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Area....Pages 62-83
North American Trade in the Post-Debt-Crisis Era....Pages 84-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Introduction....Pages 101-103
Free Trade Restructuring in Canadian Manufacturing: An Initial Assessment....Pages 104-116
The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Canadian Perspective....Pages 117-133
Mexico in a North American Free Trade Area....Pages 134-144
Facing up to Mexico....Pages 145-160
An Empirical Estimation of the Level of Intra-Industry Trade between Mexico and the United States....Pages 161-172
U.S. and Mexican Foreign Exchange Risk Management Techniques....Pages 173-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Introduction....Pages 185-187
Maquiladora Employee Turnover and Job Training....Pages 188-195
Analysis of Ayers’ Model of Human Capital Investment with Political Risk and its Application to the U.S.—Mexico Border Area....Pages 196-205
Mexican EPZs as an Indicator of the Future Outlines of a NAFTA: The Case of Sonora....Pages 206-221
Trade Relations between the United States and Mexico....Pages 222-230
U.S.—Mexican Trade Opportunities: Toward the Development of a Globally Competitive North American Apparel Industry....Pages 231-238
The Potential Effects of NAFTA on the Textile and Apparel Industry in the United States....Pages 239-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Introduction....Pages 251-251
The ‘Greening’ of Trade Agreements: Environmental ‘Window Dressing’ and NAFTA....Pages 252-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Epilogue....Pages 271-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-301