Negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Author | : Z. Arashiro |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2011-05-09 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780230119055 |
ISBN-10 | : 0230119050 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book Negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas written by Z. Arashiro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed historical account of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, this book covers the genesis of the project in the early 1990s to its demise in late 2003. It examines how the FTAA, an Inter-American policy idea, was incompatible with the predominant ideas and beliefs of Brazilian and American decision makers as to how they could and should conduct their countries' foreign trade policy in the Western Hemisphere.