Building a Partnership
The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

Mordechai Kreinin, editor

About the Book

This selection of papers and commentary drawn from a September 1998 conference held at Michigan State University, examines in detail the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. Among its many contributions, the work underscores how this pact paved the way for the North American Free Trade Agreement. The work also includes essays written by Canadian and American policy makers, including Derek Burney and James Baker, III; these are augmented by a series of insightful papers and commentary written by scholars and informed observers. Roger Porter, from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, summarizes and places the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement into a framework for the future, one that includes trade agreements with other countries in the Western Hemisphere. In light of the recently concluded World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, this analysis of Canada's bilateral trade agreement with the United States is timely and thought provoking.

About the Editor

Mordechai E. Kreinin is University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He is past president of the International Trade and Finance Association and has been a consultant to many institutions including the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Table of Contents

Peter McPherson: A Reunion of Trade Warriors from the Canada-U.S. Trade Negotiations: Remembering How it Happened

Roger B. Porter: The Successful Quest for a Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

Part One: The Negotiations

James A. Baker, III: Present at the Creation: The American Side

Derek H. Burney: Present at the Creation: The Canadian Side

Roger B. Porter: The Negotiating Process: A Panel Discussion

Part Two: Economic Issues

Mordechai E. Kreinin: The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement -- An Overview

Richard G. Lipsey: Economic Consequences of Free Trade: A Canadian Viewpoint

Paul Wonnacott: The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: The Issues of Assured Access

Part Three: Issues in the Negotiations

David B. Schweikhardt: Agricultural Issues in the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Konrad von Finckenstein: Dispute Settlement Under the Free Trade Agreement

Mustafa Mohatarem: Automotive

William A. Dymond: Cultural Issues

Part Four: Canada-U.S. Free Trade and the Future

James Blanchard: An Ambassadorial View

Michael Hart: Disarming the "Undefended Border": Rationale for a Canada-U.S. Customs Union

Geza Feketekuty: Trade in Services

Sylvia Ostry: Regional Dominos and the WTO: Building Blocks or Boomerang

Gary Hufbauer & Barbara Kotschwar: The Future of Regional Trading Arrangements in the Western Hemisphere

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