Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity

[摘要] The entry into force, on January 1, 1994, of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has eliminated the advantage that the beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) and related provisions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) had enjoyed in trade with the United States relative to Mexico, and gave Mexico an increasingly significant competitive edge over the CBERA countries. The scheduled further implementation of the NAFTA would have resulted in a substantial advantage to Mexico over the CBERA countries and vitiate in part the purpose of the CBERA.

[发布日期] 2002-12-06 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Trade;Trade agreements - Law and legislation;International affairs