Può il mondo andare avanti a Nafta?

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http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/r...NAFTADec09.pdf


Rethinking Trade Policy for Development:
Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA

Eduardo Zepeda, Timothy A. Wise, and Kevin P. Gallagher

Summary

• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a good place to begin a comprehensive review of U.S. trade agreements, as called for by President Obama. Any U.S. review of NAFTA should, however, go beyond its impact on the United States to assess its effects on Mexico.

• The evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that Mexico’s reforms, backed by NAFTA, have largely been a disappointment for the country. Despite dramatic increases in trade and foreign investment, economic growth has been slow and job creation has been weak.
Now, with its economy so closely tied to that of its northern neighbor, Mexico is suffering the most severe economic crisis in the region.

• Reforms to the template for U.S. trade agreements must go deeper than the incorporation of improved labor, environmental, and intellectual property provisions, as seen in more recent U.S. trade agreements. Such measures are laudable, but they would have had little impact on the
negative trends we have seen in Mexico under NAFTA.

• U.S. trade agreements with developing countries should avoid NAFTA’s restrictions on government policies proven to promote dynamic development. They should leave countries such as Mexico the flexibility to deploy effective policies for industrialization, rural development, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection.

• Mexico’s experience under NAFTA shows that U.S. trade agreements must include robust funding for development to create a more level playing field among trading partners.

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