U.S.-Canada Free Trade

What's in It for the U.S

Bibliographic Data

ID10132938
AuthorsSidney Weintraub (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume26
Issue2
Pages225-244
Publication date1984-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165469
OpenAlexW2783724048
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Trade policy has played a larger role in the internal and international relations of Canada than of the United States, certainly in the last half century. There are many reasons for this: The Canadian economy is more open than that of the United States (e.g., merchandise exports as a percentage of gross national product were 30% in Canada and 7% in the United States in 1982); the United States is far more dominant in Canada's trade than any single country or group of countries such as the European Economic Community is in U.S. trade (in recent years about 70% of Canada's exports have been sent to the United States and more than 70% of its imports came from the United States; for the United States, about 15% of its exports in recent years went to Canada, its major trading partner, and between 15% and 20% of its imports have come from Canada); and with this double dependence on trade and on a single market, a selfinterested foreign policy must concentrate on trade policy (Grey, 1981: 3-4)

Commercial policy · Economics · Economy · Free trade · Free trade agreement · International economics · International trade · Political science · Canadian Policy and Governance · Global trade and economics

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