Effects of NAFTA on US-Mexican Trade and GDP

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994, creating a free-trade area encompassing the U.S., Canada, & Mexico. This report examines aggregate U.S.-Mexican trade in goods in the first 8 years after NAFTA went into effect & how it has been affected by the agreement & by other factors. The paper provides quantitative estimates of the effects of NAFTA on that trade & of the resulting effects on U.S. gross domestic product. The paper focuses on U.S. trade with Mexico because U.S. trade with Canada has already been substantially liberalized in accordance with the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement before NAFTA went into effect. Charts, tables & graphs.Holtz-Eakin, Douglas is the author of 'Effects of NAFTA on US-Mexican Trade and GDP', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735371 and ISBN 0756735378.