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1. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement: Overview and Outlook

   The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA as the legal North American trade and investment regime. It will be implemented after ratification by each government. Ratification in the US by a likely newly elected Democratic Congress is probable, ...

2. How to resolve Canada's trade quagmire in the age of Trump

   Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, August 22, 2018 The NAFTA negotiations continue to roller-coaster. The Trump administration is now in senior level one-on-one NAFTA talks with Mexico, while President Trump threatens Canada with new auto ...

3. In the evolving trade debacle with the U.S, Ottawa must act

   The outlook for ongoing NAFTA negotiations grows dimmer by the day, notwithstanding the conciliatory statement by Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known colloquially as AMLO). In a recent interview after exit polling ...

4. An 1854 treaty and the lessons for NAFTA

   With the ongoing NAFTA negotiations and the possibility that the United States is going to leave NAFTA and usher in a new protectionist era for North American trade, it may be instructive to visit the past for some guidance. Canada’s ...

5. Trump win puts Canadian trade policy at a crossroads

   The election victory of Donald Trump has added dramatic new uncertainty to the global trade and investment regimes coming on the heels of the Brexit vote. Canada is now caught up in the uncertainty, and uncertainty is not good for the ...

6. Debunking the Myths: A Review of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North America Free Trade Agreement

   Although the merits of free trade are widely accepted by economists and policy makers, criticism of free trade as sound economic policy is still widespread. In both Canada and the United States, critics of free trade attract substantial public attention. ...

7. Beyond NAFTA: An economic, political and sociological perspective

   This book is a collection of essays by respected academics from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. They cut through the complexities of NAFTA and provide the reader with a clear view of the main issues. The book asks whether NAFTA is a free trade agreement or ...

8. Assessing NAFTA: A Trinational Analysis

   This book contains a comprehensive assessment of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Authors from all three countries probe different aspects of the deal; they provide an overall assessment as well as detailed examinations of some of the critical ...

9. NAFTA and the Environment

   Liberalizing trade through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and similar regional treaties raises hopes for increased prosperity for the Western hemisphere. A united North American marketplace would have a combined purchasing power of more ...