Regionalism and the State: NAFTA and Foreign Policy ConvergenceGordon Mace Even though, at the time of writing, negotiations for the establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Americas have been stalled for more than three years, the FTAA negotiations remain an interesting case study for examining NAFTA's impact on the policy preferences of its member governments. The US, Canada & Mexico feature as case studies. |
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... framework just presented in the introduction of the book . According to that framework , a study of policy convergence must be able to answer at least three central questions : ( 1 ) what converges ?; ( 2 ) how does convergence take ...
... framework just presented in the introduction of the book . According to that framework , a study of policy convergence must be able to answer at least three central questions : ( 1 ) what converges ?; ( 2 ) how does convergence take ...
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... framework . But it played differently for each government and not in the sense of convergence . The case of Canada is the most straightforward in the sense that the major influence appears to be compatibility of FTAA rules with the ...
... framework . But it played differently for each government and not in the sense of convergence . The case of Canada is the most straightforward in the sense that the major influence appears to be compatibility of FTAA rules with the ...
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... framework because the central players are the US and the EU . Making concessions in the FTAA framework could harm the US bargaining position with the EU . The other factor was domestic politics which was coming into play again most ...
... framework because the central players are the US and the EU . Making concessions in the FTAA framework could harm the US bargaining position with the EU . The other factor was domestic politics which was coming into play again most ...
Contents
Gordon Mace and Louis Bélanger | 13 |
The Impact of NAFTA | 33 |
Security Policies in the NAFTA Environment | 49 |
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