Post-NAFTA North America
Subtitle: Economic and Political Governance in a Changing Region
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 22, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230517967
Subjects: Trade agreements & tariffs; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Economic Conditions; International Relations - Trade & Tariffs; Political Science / Economic Conditions
Description: "Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was conceived, it has been regarded as a mechanism of economic integration, drawing Canada, Mexico and the US into one single economic space. Professor Isidro Morales challenges this long-held assumption, illustrating that NAFTA, for the US, is not an integration mechanism, but rather a means of reinforcing 'export-enhancing' policies generated by Washington. NAFTA is the middle ground, the interface, between US multilateral positions pursued within the World Trade Organisation and unilateral trade measures debated and adopted by US congress. Its voice has become that of the US, embodying the same values, the same principles, and the same disciplinary policy, as that advocated by the American elites. It has become more than a simple trade regime, evolving into a regulatory framework combating the pressure of globalization in the post-Cold War era. In the aftermath of September 11th 2001, NAFTA has formed a strategic bloc, grounded in the securitization of trade and in the acquiescence of Canada and Mexico to a domineering US. Can a balance be resumed?"--Jacket.