Tracking NAFTA's Shadow 10 Years On : Introduction to the Symposium
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is arguably the first case study of what may be expected from the increasing number of preferential trade agreements involving both developed and developing economies. Ten years after the treaty'...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/17753031/tracking-naftas-shadow-10-years-introduction-symposium http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16472 |
| Summary: | The North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) is arguably the first case study of what may be
expected from the increasing number of preferential trade
agreements involving both developed and developing
economies. Ten years after the treaty's inception, it
is time to assess how its outcomes compare with initial
expectations. The articles in this symposium issue provide
insights into the effects of NAFTA on economic geography,
trade, wages and migration, and foreign investment from
Mexico's perspective. The contributions paint a complex
post-NAFTA reality characterized by persistent intra-bloc
trade barriers, interregional inequality within Mexico,
labor market outcomes that seem closely tied to migration
patterns and international trade and investment, and foreign
investment flows that appear weakly related to trade agreements. |
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