Going to the Next Level: The Political-Economy of Bilateralism - A Case Study of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey P. T. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The Political

scholarly journals The Political Economy of the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement: Analysis of the Congressional Fast Track Vote

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred O. Boadu ◽  
Maria R. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThis paper presents an empirical analysis of the strategic forces shaping U.S.-Mexico trade relationships and the possibilities of extending the trade agreement to the rest of the Americas. The paper concludes that constituency interests, party loyalty, the proportion of a state's population of Hispanic origin, and the influence of textile-related employment in the state were significant explanatory factors in the Congressional Fast Track vote that occurred in May of 1991.

Free Trade on Television: The Triumph of Business Rhetoric

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Block
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Le Canada ◽  
The U.S

Abstract: This paper attempts to unravel the very complex issue of balance first by addressing its historical and theoretical contexts. Then the coverage of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is used as a case study. Résumé: Dans cet article l'auteur s'applique à décortiquer la complexité de la controverse notion de "balance'' dans la couverture médiatique. Il la place d'abord dans son contexte historique et théorique. Il s'appuie, ensuite, comme exemple, sur le suivi que les médias ont fait autour des pourparlers et de l'entente du libre-échange entre le Canada et les États-Unis.

From Protectionism to Regionalism: Multinational Firms and Trade-Related Investment Measures

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry A. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Sunk Costs ◽  
Asset Specificity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
Commitment Problems

Trade-related investment measures (TRIMs) have been a key issue in regional and multilateral trade negotiations, but they have received little attention in theoretical work to date. This article analyzes the political economy of TRIMs to illuminate why regional arrangements have been a popular framework for eliminating them. The main argument is that multinational firms often demand safeguards when TRIMs are being liberalized, particularly if they have large sunk costs due to asset specificity. In general, regional arrangements are better equipped than multilateral rules to incorporate the safeguards these firms demand: regionalism requires governments to make binding commitments, and it creates opportunities to discriminate against outsiders. A case study of lobbying by U.S. companies with FDI in Canada from the early twentieth century to the negotiation of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement illustrates these points. The article concludes that regional arrangements are likely to remain more active, and more successful, than multilateral discussions in managing the commitment problems inherent in liberalizing TRIMs.

The Effects of Free Trade Agreement on Intra-Industry Trade (A Case Study of Textile Sector in Turkey)

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1204-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafer Gurler ◽  
Gulistan Erdal . ◽  
Hilmi Erdal . ◽  
Adnan Cicek .
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
Textile Sector

The Political Dynamics of Agricultural Liberalisation in the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESSICA LEIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Liberalisation ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Price Supports ◽  
The Us

AbstractThe 2003 US-Chile free trade agreement, regarded by many as consistent with Chile's long-held trade liberalisation strategy, nonetheless engendered a surprisingly vigorous debate focused on the proposed elimination of the bandas de precio protecting traditional agricultural crops. Opposition to the agreement, mounted by the conservative Alianza por Chile, offers an intriguing political case study that suggests that populist posturing surrounding free trade agreements may persist long after a trade liberalisation strategy has become well-established. This article argues that agricultural liberalisation will be a significant challenge for Chile's governing coalition if it wishes to pursue trade negotiations while seeking to avoid costly political battles at home over the economic costs of abandoning price supports and the challenges of ‘reconverting’ to an export-oriented sector. Even given the strong elite consensus around trade liberalisation in Chile, the interconnections between sectoral interest groups, domestic politics and trade negotiations remain relevant, and deserving of analytical attention.

Zwitserland en de Europese Ekonomische Gemeenschap (1958-1972) : Een case-study inzake Europese integratie

Res Publica ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
F. Govaerts
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Kennedy Round ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Commercial Field

Switzerland's attitude towards the EEC is typical of the new foreign policy adopted by that country in 1947 under the heading «Neutrality and Solidarity».A number of centrifugal factors (the EEC is regarded as the centre or the pole of attraction) have kept Switzerland out of the EEC, although many other factors, economic and commercial in particular, but alsoideological, cultural, politica! and geographical ones tend towards closer ties with the EEC, and have acted as «centripetal» farces. The main «centrifugal» factors were: Swiss neutrality, the federal system and direct democracy, certain economic elements such as the fiscal and agricultural systems, and especially psychological factors including attitudes and ideas concerning the EEC and the consequences of membership.Moreover, timely corrections and adaptations in the international commercial field (EFTA membership, advantages gained from the Kennedy Round, the 1972 Free Trade Agreement with the enlarged EEC) havereduced the necessity to seek a closer relationship with the Community.

scholarly journals Academic Free Trade? One Canadian's View of the MLA

PMLA ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Hutcheon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
North American ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Red Maple ◽  
The North

In 1988, in the midst of the often acrimonious debates about the North American Free Trade Agreement, a button began to appear on Canadian lapels. It featured a section of the Stars and Stripes with a red maple leaf in the place of one star, and a caption read, “No, eh.” Through this image, the anti-free-trade side offered parodic resistance to what it saw as the assimilation—not to say wholesale economic engulfing—of Canada by the United States. Typically self-deprecatory, Canadian humor demanded that the rejection be couched in a gentle mocking of the national verbal tic: eh? is the terser but less elegant Canadian version of the French n'est-ce pas? and the German nicht wahr? In some ways the intellectual equivalent of NAFTA, the MLA is much older than the economic institution and somewhat less controversial. Nevertheless, it too is not unproblematic for Canadians, and to see why and how, one needs to understand something of the political and cultural relations between a very small and a very large nation when they adjoin.

EUROPEAN-VIETNAM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (EVFTA) IMPACTS ON IMPORTS: A CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (M) ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi Viet Nga ◽  
Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy ◽  
Doan Nguyen Minh ◽  
Pham Minh Dat
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement
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