Auto Pact
Subtitle: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: December 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780802039033
Subjects: Road vehicle manufacturing industry; c 1960 to c 1970; North American; Commerce; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Canada; Industries - Automobile Industry; International - General; Business & Economics / Industries / Automobile Industry; Automobile industry and trade; Duty-free importation of automobiles; History; United States
First sentence: The issue of protectionism versus free trade, which has bedevilled Canadian leaders since Confederation, was central to discussions on the automotive industry.
Description: "Drawing from newly released archival sources, Dimitry Anastakis demonstrates that, for Canada's automotive policymakers, continentalism was a form of economic nationalism. Although the auto pact represented the end of any notion of an indigenous Canadian automotive industry, significant economic gains were achieved for Canadians under the agreement. Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebear of what is now known as globalization."--Jacket.