Title: Introduction: International Context, Domestic Interests, and Mexican Trade Reform
Abstract:The inauguration of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on January 1, 1994, ushered in a new era in trade relations for Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This date also marked an end ...The inauguration of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on January 1, 1994, ushered in a new era in trade relations for Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This date also marked an end of sorts, the culmination of a dramatic turnaround in Mexican trade policy that transformed the Mexican economy from one of the most closed to one of the most open in the developing world. This process began in 1983, accelerated between 1985 and 1988, and has been consolidated since 1990 with the emergence, negotiation, approval, and implementation of NAFTA. Over a span of scarcely a decade, the governments of Miguel de la Madrid and Carlos Salinas de Gortari reversed four decades of trade policy predicated on an import-substituting industrialization (ISI) model of development intended to promote the industrialization of the Mexican economy through the restriction of most imports by a variety of high trade barriers, including tariffs, quantitative restrictions, import licenses, and official pricing mechanisms.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-10-16
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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