Requiem or Revival?: The Promise of North American Integration - Softcover

"This important collection of essays deftly integrates insights and analysis from domestic politics with developments at the bilateral, regional, and global levels. It is a must read for those interested in understanding why trade negotiations have become so difficult." --Michael Hart, Carleton University "As NAFTA approaches its end as a preferential free trade agreement, this compelling book explores new ways to approach trade and integration in the region." --Luis de la Calle, Ministry of the Economy, Mexico "NAFTA has spawned reams of commentary on what went well, such as growth in trade and investment, and what has not been accomplished in the thirteen years since it came into existence. All of this is here, analyzed by insightful scholars. Requiem or Revival? is the one book those interested in North America should read now." --Sidney Weintraub, Center for Strategic and International Studies

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was launched amid great hopes and controversy in 1994. More than a dozen years later, progress toward economic integration has stalled. Mexico's economy remains far behind those of Canada and the United States, and such pressing issues as energy security remain unaddressed. In Requiem or Revival? scholars and policymakers from all three nations dissect NAFTA's failure to fulfill its early promise and evaluate the prospects for further integration. The authors explore the interaction between regionalism and multilateralism, the impact of the "new trade" agenda, and NAFTA's unresolved problems -migration, security, and energy. Recognizing the limits of the NAFTA framework, they examine its relationship to the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas negotiations and the Doha Development Round, and they discuss various ways in which NAFTA could be revamped or improved. The result is an intriguing volume offering important insights on the future of economic integration in North America and beyond. Contributors include Chantal Blouin (North-South Institute), Theodore H. Cohn (Simon Fraser University, emeritus), I. M. Destler (University of Maryland), Charles F. Doran (Johns Hopkins University-SAIS), Christina Gabriel (Carleton University), Sergio Gomez Lora (IQOM, Inteligencia Comercial), Jerry Haar (Florida International University), Laura Macdonald (Carleton University), Gordon Mace (Universite Laval), Isidro Morales (University of the Americas), Glauco Oliveira (University of Southern California), Antonio Ortiz Mena (CIDE), Jeffrey J. Schott (Peterson Institute for International Economics),Anne Weston (North-South Institute),Tamara Woroby (Towson University, Johns Hopkins University--SAIS), and Jaime Zabludovsky (Soluciones Estrategicas).