NAFTA — Past, Present and Future

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Regional Integration

   • Peter Coffey

   Pages 1-26

3. NAFTA and Canada

   • C. Colin Dodds

   Pages 27-64

4. NAFTA in Mexico

   • Enrique Lazcano Espinoza

   Pages 65-112

5. NAFTA: The US Perspective

   • Robert Riley

   Pages 113-168

6. The Future

   • Peter Coffey

   Pages 169-177

7. Back Matter

   Pages 179-218

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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.

• Free Trade Area of the Americas
• MERCOSUR
• NAFTA
• development
• economics
• economy

• University of St. Thomas, USA

  Peter Coffey, Robert Riley

• St. Mary 's University, USA

  J. Colin Dodds

• Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico

  Enrique Lazcano

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.

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