Is NAFTA good for Canada and the USA?

At the outset, this paper attempted to shed some light on Canada's relationship to NAFTA. After the literature review and subsequent analysis, there certainly seems to be evidence that Canada made the choice that benefitted the country the most [economically] when it signed onto NAFTA. [... read more

Thanks to NAFTA trade preferences, automotive companies in the U.S.,Canada and Mexico “can use an engine from Mexico and a transmission from Canada, and then build the car in the U.S.” and still enjoy the NAFTA preferential treatment, so long as 62.5% of the value of that vehicle comes from within those three countries. read more

The North American Free Trade Agreement is a trade deal between the US, Mexico, and Canada. It was negotiated under President George H. W. Bush and implemented under President Bill Clinton in 1994 after heated debate in Congress. NAFTA eliminated most tariffs, such as taxes on imports and exports, and on traded goods among the three nations. read more

A few years ago, I took a closer look at NAFTA from Canada's perspective and I think the conclusions drawn still hold true today: At the outset, this paper attempted to shed some light on Canada’s relationship to NAFTA. read more