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Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New American Community, and Latin-American Trade This page intentionally left blank Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New American Community, and Latin-American Trade JERRY M. ROSENBERG GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rosenberg, Jerry Martin. Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New American Community, and Latin-American trade / Jerry M. Rosenberg, p. cm. ISBN 0-313-29069-5 (alk. paper) 1. America—Economic integration—Encyclopedias. 2. Free trade— America—Encyclopedias. 3. Commercial treaties—Encyclopedias. 4. Tariff—Law and legislation—North America—Encyclopedias. 5. Foreign trade regulation—North America—Encyclopedias. 6. Latin America—Commerce—Encyclopedias. I. Title. HC94.R668 1995 382'.917'03—dc20 94-16984 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1995 by Jerry M. Rosenberg All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-16984 ISBN: 0-313-29069-5 First published in 1995 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Printed in the United States of America ®" The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 32 This Volume is Dedicated with love to Bob a spirited, talented, and giving son-in-law This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS PREFACE ix Encyclopedia 1 INDEX 521 This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The United States, as the prime force behind trade throughout the Western Hem isphere, will soon emerge with two trading projects—the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), negotiated and signed with her immediate northern and southern neighbors, Canada and Mexico; and the New American Commu nity (NAC), a projected expansion to incorporate, at varying moments, nations of Central and South America, plus the islands of the Caribbean to one day form a colossus of more than 40 nations with a population exceeding 700 mil lion. NAFTA has been documented in a five-volume 2,000-page legislated Treaty and a Supplemental Agreement; the NAC remains a blueprint, still to unfold. Consequently, NAFTA entries are committed, specific and legally binding, while NAC concepts remain ''on the drawing board," ready, after debate and finali- zation, to be incorporated into future treaties with the United States. The sources for the NAFTA entries are either the original five-volume draft treaty and supplemental agreement or government and non-government publications. Non-NAFTA entries in this encyclopedia are either interpolations from past trade accords and existing international agreements, or ideas founded on global concepts and directives, especially the European Community. Nearly all terms discussed are followed by a list of references indicating the prime source(s) for the entry. This encyclopedia on the NAFTA, the NAC, and Latin American trade covers specific issues, rationales, ideologies, controversies, and actions needed to in crease understanding in the pursuit of cooperation and productivity. Drawn from numerous official sources, with special emphasis on interpreting key issues of
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