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NAFTA and Beyond: Challenges for Extending Free Trade in the Hemisphere

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The NAFTA increasingly looks like a "one-shot" deal with little of the ongoing deepening of economic relationships expected at the time of its negotiation and no provisions for ongoing negotiations. As a result, alternative trading arrangements may provide an opportunity to move the North American trade agenda forward. The FTAA is one alternative. The FTAA, however, is an extremely ambitious undertaking bringing together a large number of very divergent economies in terms of size, stage of economic development, economic performance and economic philosophy. This increases the complexity of negotiations and the probability of failure. The paper outlines the major areas where negotiations are likely to be difficult and provides suggestions regarding what has been learned from the NAFTA experience that is relevant to the FTAA.

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  • Kerr, William A., 2002. "NAFTA and Beyond: Challenges for Extending Free Trade in the Hemisphere," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 3(2), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ecjilt:23916
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.23916
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    1. Norris C. Clement & Gustavo del Castillo Vera & James Gerber & William A. Kerr & Alan J. MacFayden & Stanford Shedd & Eduardo Zepeda & Diana Alarcón, 1999. "North American Economic Integration," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1799.
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    2. Kerr, William A., 2011. "The Preference for New Preferential Trade Agreements: Does It Lead to a Good Use of Scarce Resources?," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, January.

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