Applying safeguard measures within NAFTA

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Issues concerning safeguard measures taken by the US regarding imports of steel wire and certain kinds of line pipe are examined, focusing on how Canada and Mexica, as signatories to the North American Free Trade Agreement, are exempt from the US safeguards. Topics include the World Trade Organization Agreement on Safeguards, and the manner in which safeguards protect domestic industries.

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Summary of the Free Trade Area of the Americas draft text

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Issues concerning the draft agreement for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), approved by 34 countries are examined, focusing on the legal and economic subjects covered by the agreement. Topics include the subject areas, such as government procurement, investment, and market access; and plans to complete a final agreement by 2005.

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Trade

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The author looks at negations to establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas and what the negotiating groups must do to get ready.

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