Image from Amazon.com
The North American idea [electronic resource] : a vision of a continental future / Robert Pastor.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xix, 264 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780190252526 (ebook) :.Subject(s): North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 October 7) | Free trade -- North America
| North America -- Economic integrationAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199782413DDC classification: 382.917 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade and quintupled foreign investment among the US, Mexico, and Canada, increasing its share of the world economy. In 2001, however, North America peaked. Since then, trade has slowed among the three, manufacturing has shrunk, and illegal migration and drug-related violence have soared. At the same time, Europe caught up, and China leaped ahead. This book explains that NAFTA's mandate was too limited to address the new North American agenda.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade and quintupled foreign investment among the US, Mexico, and Canada, increasing its share of the world economy. In 2001, however, North America peaked. Since then, trade has slowed among the three, manufacturing has shrunk, and illegal migration and drug-related violence have soared. At the same time, Europe caught up, and China leaped ahead. This book explains that NAFTA's mandate was too limited to address the new North American agenda.
Description based on print version record.