North American Free Trade Agreement

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

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.

• environment
• information
• macroeconomics
• management
• manufacturing
• NAFTA
• North American Free Trade Agreement
• restructuring
• Risk Management
• science and technology
• trade
• USA

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

  Khosrow Fatemi

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