POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Countervailing Duties, Mercantilism, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3125
• Professor: Glenn Goshulak

Document Summary

First national policy: dismantling of british mercantile system, reciprocity treaty with us, debates over fta with us (1911, wwi, post wwii, 1965 auto pact. Cufta and nafta: conditions and factors that directly or indirectly contributed to the negotiation for north. Afghanistan; iran; europe and japan; gatt; regional consolidation. Energy accord: removal of tariffs, market access (cid:858)(cid:396)ights of esta(cid:271)lish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859) Free access to large market: only viable option left? (cid:858)cold sho(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:859) st(cid:396)ategy. Interests of mexico: not to be left out, pa(cid:396)t of (cid:858)de(cid:374)atio(cid:374)alizatio(cid:374)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)i(cid:448)atizatio(cid:374) st(cid:396)ategy. **nafta is more about mexico to the us than canada to the us. Influx of illegal mexican migration: us: sees continental trade as an investment charter, mexico and canada: see continental trade as new set of trade rules (license to export to us) How did the fta get sold to the canadian people: historic opposition by canadian business, role of bcni (business council for national initiatives)-espe(cid:272)ially to(cid:373)as d(cid:859)a(cid:395)ui(cid:374)o, original justification.