Author: Clarkson University. Center for Canadian-U.S. Business Studies
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791405303
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 220
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This book provides an overview of the recently implemented Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and highlights its implications for manufacturing, engineering, and technological firms and for service industries. Because the perspective is global as well as regional, the concerns of both multinational and smaller businesses are addressed. The text focuses on how the economic environment in both countries will change as a result of the agreement, and how businesses should respond to those changes. It also discusses past, present, and future trade relations between Canada and the United States and between North America and Europe. Contributors to this volume include academic authorities Richard G. Lipsey, Alan M. Rugman, Steven Blank, and Jeffrey J. Schott; Canadian and U.S. Business leaders G. Firman Bentley, Daniel Walsh, and Pierre S. Pettigrew; and government officials Gerald E. Shannon, James Tarrant, Thomas M. T. Niles, and Richard M. McGahey.
The events of 9/11 and subsequent border entry security initiatives have led to increased costs and transportation delays that have the potential to impact Canada-US trade. This title provides an understanding the impact that increased border security has had on the economic relationship between Canada and the United States.
The free trade agreement between Canada and the US was designed to eliminate barriers to trade in goods and services between the two countries, to facilitate fair competition and liberalize cross-border investment while also ensuring effective procedures for the joint administration of its provision and the resolution of disputes. This report provides an analysis of the economic impacts with reference to gains expected in Canadian real income and increased purchasing power on both a regional and personal basis. Includes discussion of expected job creation, export and import penetration of major manufacturing sectors, rates of price protection, bilateral contingent protection measures taken by Canada and the US from 1980 to mid-1987, as well as after the signing of the agreement.
The book investigates the competitive opportunities for Canadian and UK businesses in the world economy generally, but more particularly in a bilateral (Canada-UK) and regional bloc (European Union-North American Free Trade Association) setting. Part 1 examines Canadian-UK trade and investment flows and policies. Part 2 presents an empirical investigation of the experiences of a sample of Canadian firms with business interests in the UK and the European Union and, likewise, UK firms with business interests in Canada and the United States.
