In examining NAFTA's 15-year performances empirically (asking if chapter-specific provisions/purposes were met or not), and theoretically (similarly askingto what extent regional economic integration theory tenets were fulfilled), the book finds North America resembling a spaghetti bowl: simultaneously retaining protectionist strains, building regional (collective) preferences, and seeking global extensions. Expanded trade (NAFTA Chapter 3), investment (Chapter 11), and rule-compliance (chapters, 19, 20, and the side-agreements) helped produce the longest 20th Century growth period in this region, but failed to eliminate hub-and-spoke and maquila production, leaving conspicuous developmentaldisparities; while foreign business penetration exposed unavoidable holes in traditional regionalism. Addressing policy-makers, scholars, and graduate students, the manuscript carries messages too relevant for every upwardly-mobile and downwardly-stranded citizens in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to ignore. INDICE: Nafta's Fifteen Year Itch .North American Economic Integration in Theoretical Context: Neo-Functionalism or not Functional? .Investment: Sticky Fingers? .Nafta's Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Designs, 15-Year Performances,Comparisons .Nafta & Intellectual Property Rights .Increasing Nafta Trade Trends: Incidental or Institutional? .Pooling Empirical Observations: Nafta an Integrative Camelot? .Players Under the Microscope .Conclusions/Implications
- ISBN: 978-1-1370-3477-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido