Tracking NAFTA's Shadow 10Years On : Introduction to the Symposium

[摘要] The North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) is arguably the first case study of what may beexpected from the increasing number of preferential tradeagreements involving both developed and developingeconomies. Ten years after the treaty's inception, itis time to assess how its outcomes compare with initialexpectations. The articles in this symposium issue provideinsights into the effects of NAFTA on economic geography,trade, wages and migration, and foreign investment fromMexico's perspective. The contributions paint a complexpost-NAFTA reality characterized by persistent intra-bloctrade barriers, interregional inequality within Mexico,labor market outcomes that seem closely tied to migrationpatterns and international trade and investment, and foreigninvestment flows that appear weakly related to trade agreements.

[发布日期] 2005-12-27 [发布机构] Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank

[学科分类] 社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

[关键词] AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;ANTIDUMPING;APPAREL;APPAREL INDUSTRY;BORDER ENFORCEMENT