Citations with the tag: FREE trade
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- The good news about free trade.
Fuller, Patty // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 5/10/93, Vol. 20 Issue 21, p22Cites a report from the University of Alberta which found much of a $7.2 billion increase since 1988 in western Canadian exports to the US is directly attributable to the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. Factors clouding impact of FTA; Region's exports expected to grow further under NAFTA;...
- Canmore enters the fray.
Fuller, Patty // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 1/17/94, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p13Speculates on the cities and towns across Canada competing for the North American Free Trade Agreement secretariat, which is expected to employ about 35 people on a budget of about $20 million. The secretariat's powers are undefined but potentially enormous, with respect to applying and...
- Ready to face the world.
Fuller, Patty // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 5/16/94, Vol. 21 Issue 22, p22Cites the May 1994 edition of the `Globe and Mail's Report on Business' which reports on a Dun and Bradstreet Canada poll of business attitudes towards free trade. Fully 70% of Canadian business people favor negotiating free trade deals with countries in Central and South America, while 66%...
- From free trade to free labour.
Parker Jr., Shafer // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 3/11/96, Vol. 23 Issue 13, p13Examines how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is opening the continent to various kinds of trade. Trade in labor as well as in goods; Support for a wide-open border among Canadians and Americans on both sides of the border between Saskatchewan and Manitoba and North Dakota and...
- Nafta update.
Parker Jr., Shafer // Paint & Coatings Industry; Apr97, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p14States that in January 1994, the Unites States, Canada and Mexico implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). How the first year of NAFTA is an apparent success.
- Will NAFTA affect the U.S. aftermarket?
Kaufman, Edward L. // Automotive Marketing; Apr93, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p20Opinion. Comments on the economic aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the United States. Prospects; Benefits; Disadvantages; Americans' ambivalence about free trade; Migration of jobs; Opportunities for North American manufacturers; Increase in American exports of...
- Seoul must step up if it wants a U.S.Korea trade pact.
Kaufman, Edward L. // Automotive News; 11/15/2010, Vol. 85 Issue 6438, p12The article reports that against the backdrop of the G20 economic summit in November 2010, the U.S. and Korean officials discussed their differences in a free trade agreement involving the export of automotive and beef products from the U.S. to South Korea.
- The morning after.
Buckley, Thomas // Automotive News; 11/22/93, Vol. 67 Issue 5527, p35Reports on an automobile industry conference held in Mexico City after the official Congressional votation on the North American Free Trade Agreement. Speaker's attitudes; Reduction in tariff barriers as an advantage to Mexico.
- Symposium on feasibility of free trade area among Canada, U.S., and Mexico.
Buckley, Thomas // Baylor Business Review; Winter1990, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p30Highlights the October 1989 `Region North America' symposium, which examined the implications of a North American free trade area among Canada, the United States and Mexico. Session on emerging concepts of trade regions; Panel discussion on the 1987 trade agreement between Canada and the US;...
- Potential effects of NAFTA on U.S. economy.
McKinney, Joseph A. // Baylor Business Review; Spring1993, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p29Discusses the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the United States' economy. Capital investment issues; Competition from other countries; Benefits to consumers.
- NAFTA.
Gordon, John S. // Business Credit; Oct93, Vol. 95 Issue 9, p18Discusses the implications to credit managers of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Major benefits; Regional economic integration; Businesses in Mexico; International business issues; Goals of receivables management; Risk management in disparate cultures; Strategy considerations. ...
- Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on U.S.-Mexican trade and investment flow.
Espana, Juan R. // Business Economics; Jul93, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p41Analyzes the importance of Mexican economic reforms and the prospect of increased economic integration in North America in the development of bilateral flows. United States-Mexican trade and investment; Policy reforms; Impact and net gains from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);...
- Dropping the barriers to free trade.
Brimmer, A. // Black Enterprise; Feb1989, Vol. 19 Issue 7, p59Discusses the impact of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and Canada. Tariffs; Quotas; Motivations; Type of firms which will benefit.
- A Canada-Mexico-U.S. free trade agreement: Let's go!
Crookell, Harold // Business Quarterly; Winter91, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p12Focuses on the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Changes in the level of interest and initiative in Mexico on the free trade issue; Free trade versus Europe 1992; Two reasons why Mexico might prefer to see Canada at the negotiating table; Concerns in Canada...
- Investing in the U.S. after NAFTA.
Rugman, Alan M. // Business Quarterly; Summer93, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p26Discusses the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Canadian investments. Comparison between Canadian and American investors; Negative list of investment exclusions; Impact to Canadian managers.
- Minding their business.
Rugman, Alan M. // Brookings Review; Fall92, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p36Presents the author's reflections on regulating unfair trade. Americans as `trade wimps'; The heightened sensitivity to trade transgressions; Gradual dissolution of the Eastern bloc; Understanding the phenomenon; Challenges Americans face in overcoming complacency in international competition;...
- The debate over NAFTA.
Bosworth, Barry P. // Brookings Review; Fall93, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p48Opinion. Comments on the failure of debates on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to understand its economic implications. Trade liberalization as having no significant overall effect on jobs and wages; Creation of an economic environment in Mexico leading to rapid economic...
- NAFTA: Slowed by peso.
Lynch, Dennis P. // Orange County Business Journal; 02/10/97, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p19Focuses on the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement which took effect on January 1, 1994 and affected the exporter particularly to Mexico. Main benefit of the agreement; Positive trends which came out of NAFTA; Effects of the overvaluation of the United States dollar.
- Illinois hopes to ease NAFTA benefits rule.
Merrion, Paul R. // Crain's Chicago Business; 5/1/95, Vol. 18 Issue 18, p9Reports that Illinois officials want to make it easier for workers displaced as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to get benefits. Increase in claims on behalf of Ill. workers; How to qualify; Pursuit of a looser interpretation of how quickly workers must apply for...
- U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.
Merrion, Paul R. // Congressional Digest; Feb1992, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p34Discusses the negotiations on a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), involving the United States, Mexico and Canada. Summarizes the goals of NAFTA and congressional concerns about such an agreement.
- North American Free Trade Agreement.
Merrion, Paul R. // Congressional Digest; Feb1992, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p37Presents an overview of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), originally proposed by President Salinas of Mexico and including the United States and Canada. Summarizes the six broad categories being negotiated and thepotential effects of the agreement. Issues...
- Why Economists Should Study Fairness.
Suranovic, Steven // Challenge (05775132); Sep/Oct97, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p109Discusses the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Effects of free trade; Lesson from free trade theory; Economic case for free trade; Compensation principle in theory and practice; Difference between protectionism and free trade.
- Arguing for free trade.
Johnson, Paul // Commentary; Aug95, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p50Presents the arguments for free trade. Optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for world trade in the 21st century; Division of the world into trade blocks; Creation by the European Union of a welfare; Economic consequences of tariff competition among countries.
- Why business loses local NAFTA efforts.
Lipowicz, Alice // Crain's New York Business; 11/15/93, Vol. 9 Issue 46, p1Reports on the reasons behind the difficulty of garnering support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among businesses in New York. Impact of NAFTA on American and Mexican economies; National Labor Union's opposition to NAFTA; Support from the financial services industry.
- Pact draws cheers, jeers from border `bullring'
Pendleton, Scott // Christian Science Monitor; 1/9/95, Vol. 87 Issue 30, p9Discusses the impact of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the trade in Mexico. Response of the people on the implication of NAFTA; Impact of NAFTA on the consumer product arena.
- Trade pact overloads border infrastructure.
Pendleton, Scott // Christian Science Monitor; 1/9/95, Vol. 87 Issue 30, p11Discusses the impact of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the flow of traffic on the Country Club road, a shortcut to the United States-Mexico border. Response of the residents on the increase of truck traffic in the area; Proposals under review by Washington.
- Who wins on Latin trade?
Pendleton, Scott // Christian Science Monitor; 4/21/98, Vol. 90 Issue 101, p12Questions the need for the hemisphere-wide free trade area pledged by 34 leaders of North, Central and South America. Mexico having surpassed Japan as the second largest United States export market; Whether the free trade pledge would mean the loss of jobs in the US; Idea that expanded trade...
- NAFTA's founding members.
Coolidge, Shelley Donald; Mutch, David // Christian Science Monitor; 6/9/95, Vol. 87 Issue 136, p2Informs the elimination of trade barriers by NAFTA as it admits Chile as a member.
- People see pact as the answer to dreams.
LaFranchi, Howard // Christian Science Monitor; 7/25/95, Vol. 87 Issue 167, p7Reports on the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement upon the living standards of the Chileans. Mixed reaction over the free trade agreement; Details.
- Does NAFTA trump countries' laws?
Walker, Ruth // Christian Science Monitor; 4/3/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 89, p8Discusses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in light of several cases concerning the effect of NAFTA on government sovereignty.
- The business perspective: Cross border views.
Mullen, John R. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1991, Vol. 17, p37Emphasizes the free trade involves the business community. Views of individual businesses of alternate trade regimes; Image of William Deeks of NORANDA Inc.
- An U.S. perspective on the North American Free Trade Agreement and the environment: The...
Weiss, Edith Brown // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1992, Vol. 18, p199Discusses the environmental and trade issues in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Historical context of trade laws and environmental laws; Effects of a free trade agreement on the environment in the context of NAFTA; Approach on how to treat environmental issues...
- Judging NAFTA.
Hufbauer, Gary; McFayden, Jacqueline // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p11Focuses on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Macroeconomic performance in North America; Service and merchandise trade between Mexico and the United States; Service and merchandise trade between Canada and Mexico; Impact of NAFTA on third countries; Trade disputes; Displaced...
- NAFTA's economic effects: Plus or minus?--a Canadian perspective.
Schwanen, Daniel // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p47Focuses on the economic effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement from a Canadian perspective. Legal issues and transient politics; Canada's trade with Mexico; Concerns about trade deficit; Relative performance of Canada in the United States market; Control group of products.
- NAFTA--the broad strokes: A Canadian lawyer's perspective.
Herman, Lawrence L. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p85Focuses on the North American Free Trade Agreement in a Canadian lawyer's perspective. Wide-spread sensitivity to the impact of bilateral trade rules on Canadian interests; Result of the globalization of business and the impact of multilateral rules and rule-making on international commerce.
- NAFTA: Its legal effects--the broad strokes: A Mexican perspective.
Prati, Beatrice // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p109Focuses on the legal aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement according to a Mexican perspective. Specialization of laws and standards; Changes in customs; Border crossing of goods; Acquisition of assets in Mexico.
- NAFTA vis a vis the E.U.--similarities and differences and their effects on member countries.
Graham, William C. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p123Focuses on the similarities and differences of the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the member countries. Cultural things common between Canadians and Americans; Study of Special Import Measures Act legislation on anti-dumping and countervailing duty legislation; Credit...
- The cultural industries exemption from NAFTA--its parameters.
Ragosta, John A. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p165Focuses on the cultural industries exemption from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Cultural provisions of the NAFTA; Protection of the culture of Canada; Discrimination in international trade law.
- Canadian cultural industries exemption from NAFTA--its parameters.
Atkey, Ronald G. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p177Focuses on cultural industries exemption of Canada from the North American Free Trade Agreement. Necessity for a third party adjuciation to examine the nature and extent of permitted retaliation; Functions of the United States Trade Representative and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs...
- The cultural industries exemption from NAFTA: Another Canadian perspective.
Fong, Jennifer J. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p201Focuses on cultural industries exemption from the North American Free Trade Agreement from a Canadian perspective. Cultural differences between Canadians and Americans; Access to Canadian capital markets for the purpose of expansion; Nurturing of cultural identity.
- Implications of NAFTA's extension to Chile and other countries--a U.S. view.
Anderson, M. Jean // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p227Focuses on the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement to Chile and other countries. Establishment of a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas; Defined interests of the countries in the end of 1994; Review of the NAFTA in the US Congress; Importance of Fast Track.
- Implications of NAFTA's extension to Chile and other countries--a Canadian view.
Dearden, Richard G. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p235Presents a Canadian view on the implications of North American Free Trade Agreement to Chile and other countries. Canada's contemplation for becoming an associate member of MERCOSUR; Canada's negotiation for bilateral trade agreement; Reduction of the risk of conflicts.
- NAFTA at three-and-one-half years: Where do we stand and where do we go?--a U.S. view.
Mastel, Greg // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p337Focuses on the North American Free Trade Agreement from a United States view. Expansion of trade between the United States and Canada; Increase propensity to import; Benefits that the United States get from NAFTA; Possible extension of Fast Track.
- NAFTA at three-and-one-half years: Where do we stand and where should we be headed? A...
Condon, Bradley // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p347Focuses on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trade and investment growth; Legal and economic integration; Bridging the gap between legal cultures; Dimensions of culture affecting law; High- versus low-context cultures.
- NAFTA in the global context.
Cunningham, Richard O. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p379Focuses on the global context of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trade issues; New market access barriers; Areas of trading rules; Free trade versus social/political issues; Elements of the world trading system.
- NAFTA's environmental provisions: What problems were they intended to address?
Knox, John H. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p403Focuses on the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Political problem facing President Bill Clinton in 1992; Dealing with the pollution problem; Negotiation of two side environmental agreements.
- NAFTA's environmental provisions: Are they working as intended? Are they adequate?--a view from...
Block, Greg M. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p409Presents a Canadian view on the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Review of the Commission for Economic Cooperation; Work program; Search for trinational environmental cooperation; Submissions on enforcement matters.
- NAFTA's environmental provisions: Are they working as intended? Are they adequate?--another...
Beaulieu, Andre // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p417Presents a Canadian view on the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Effects of environmental policy to competitiveness; Technical barriers to trade; International instruments that affected trade; Side agreements on the level of principles.
- NAFTA and the Canadian provinces: Two ships passing in the night?
McIlroy, James P. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p431Focuses on the connection of the North American Free Trade Agreement with the provinces in Canada. Discussion of Fast Track; Problems in the relationship; Shift in international treaty agenda from federal tariff barriers to internal provincial measures; Implementation of key trade agendas.
- Restructuring under NAFTA: What are the considerations and how do we implement them? Has NAFTA...
Kelly, William P. // Canada-United States Law Journal; 1997, Vol. 23, p497Focuses on restructuring under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) according to a United States perspective. Ford Motor Co.'s original support of NAFTA; Integration of Mexico into the North American automobile market; Reduction of market share in the United States.
