| Prospects for Free Trade in the Americas Contributor(s): Schott, Jeffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 088132275X ISBN-13: 9780881322750 Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 Annotation: Negotiations on a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) began in 1998. This study examines the prospects for the FTAA in light of economic and political turmoil in Latin America and the continuing impasse of US "fast track" authority. It also evaluates progress in the trade talks, challenges of the Quebec Summit in April 2001, and proposals for accelerating the target date of January 2005 for concluding negotiations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | International - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 382.710 |
| LCCN: 2001024130 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.3" W x 9.08" (0.47 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Negotiations on a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) were officially launched at the Santiago Summit in April 1998. This study examines the prospects for the FTAA in light of recent economic and political turmoil in Latin America and the continuing impasse over US "fast-track" authority. The study evaluates progress to date in the trade talks and proposals for accelerating the target date of January 2005 for concluding negotiations, and it takes into account the results of the April 2001 Quebec Summit. It surveys regional interests in the wide-ranging negotiating agenda and assesses the "readiness" of countries to participate in a hemisphere-wide free trade zone (based on updated "readiness indicators" originally developed by Hufbauer and Schott in their 1994 study, Western Hemisphere Economic Integration). |