Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New American Community, and Latin-American Trade

574 Pages·1994·26.1 MB·English

by  Jerry M. Rosenberg

Encyclopedia of the
North American
Free Trade Agreement, the
New American Community,
and Latin-American Trade
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Encyclopedia of the
North American
Free Trade Agreement, the
New American Community,
and Latin-American Trade
JERRY M. ROSENBERG
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rosenberg, Jerry Martin.
Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New
American Community, and Latin-American trade / Jerry M. Rosenberg,
p. cm.
ISBN 0-313-29069-5 (alk. paper)
1. America—Economic integration—Encyclopedias. 2. Free trade—
America—Encyclopedias. 3. Commercial treaties—Encyclopedias.
4. Tariff—Law and legislation—North America—Encyclopedias.
5. Foreign trade regulation—North America—Encyclopedias. 6. Latin
America—Commerce—Encyclopedias. I. Title.
HC94.R668 1995
382'.917'03—dc20 94-16984
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1995 by Jerry M. Rosenberg
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-16984
ISBN: 0-313-29069-5
First published in 1995
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
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This Volume is
Dedicated with love to
Bob
a spirited, talented, and
giving son-in-law
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CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
Encyclopedia 1
INDEX 521
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PREFACE
The United States, as the prime force behind trade throughout the Western Hem
isphere, will soon emerge with two trading projects—the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), negotiated and signed with her immediate northern
and southern neighbors, Canada and Mexico; and the New American Commu
nity (NAC), a projected expansion to incorporate, at varying moments, nations
of Central and South America, plus the islands of the Caribbean to one day
form a colossus of more than 40 nations with a population exceeding 700 mil
lion.
NAFTA has been documented in a five-volume 2,000-page legislated Treaty
and a Supplemental Agreement; the NAC remains a blueprint, still to unfold.
Consequently, NAFTA entries are committed, specific and legally binding, while
NAC concepts remain ''on the drawing board," ready, after debate and finali-
zation, to be incorporated into future treaties with the United States.
The sources for the NAFTA entries are either the original five-volume draft
treaty and supplemental agreement or government and non-government
publications. Non-NAFTA entries in this encyclopedia are either interpolations
from past trade accords and existing international agreements, or ideas founded
on global concepts and directives, especially the European Community. Nearly
all terms discussed are followed by a list of references indicating the prime
source(s) for the entry.
This encyclopedia on the NAFTA, the NAC, and Latin American trade covers
specific issues, rationales, ideologies, controversies, and actions needed to in
crease understanding in the pursuit of cooperation and productivity. Drawn from
numerous official sources, with special emphasis on interpreting key issues of