NAFTA: The Process of Regional Integration of Motor Vehicle Production
Author: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Publisher: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
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Total Pages: 21
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Author: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Publisher: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
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Total Pages: 21
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sidney Weintraub
Publisher: CSIS
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780892063376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes the performance of the industry after the North American Free-Trade Agreement took effect, in each of the three countries and on the continent as a whole. Also looks at the impact of environmental regulations. The studies were funded by automobile companies and reviewed by personnel representing them. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Sylvie Montout
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 27
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe NAFTA and MERCOSUR agreements seem to have accelerated the regional integration process respectively within North and South of America. In the South in particular, MERCOSUR has led to trade liberalization and deregulation, which has resulted in significant growth of its regional trade. In this article, we study the pattern of that trade growth in the automobile industry. Our results highlight an increase of intra-industry trade in the corresponding industry since the beginning of the 1990s. To obtain the calculation of the importance of intra-industry, we use the Grubel and Lloyd indicator (1975). Then to follow the method set out by Abd-el-Rahman (1991), Greenaway et al. (1995), Fontagné and Freudenberg (1997), we distinguish horizontally differentiated goods from vertically differentiated goods using a comparison of the unit values. Subsequently, with the increase of intra-industry trade, it appears that MERCOSUR has favoured in particular the development of trade in vertically differentiated goods. In NAFTA, intra-industry trade exists in most sectors and in two bilateral relations (United States Ő Canada and United States Ő Mexico). In MERCOSUR, the automobile industry has experienced the highest rate of growth in intraindustry trade, which accounts for 66% of total trade and 90% of all intra-regional trade. Consequently, we analyze the nature of that increase and more precisely, the determinants of intra-industry trade. In order to explain the pattern of trade for the automobile industry, we present an econometric model integrating principles of gravity, which takes into account some country-specific variables.
Author: United States International Trade Commission
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Publisher: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Published: 2004-05-31
Total Pages: 399
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization. It provides a thorough and up-dated mapping of the worldwide geography of the car industry, in the triad regions (Europe, North America and Japan), and in the emerging countries and regions.
Author: Congressional Research Service
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-09-16
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781976465482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMotor vehicles and vehicle parts accounted for more than 20% of the total value of U.S. merchandise trade with Canada and Mexico in 2016, making them the largest category of manufactured products traded among the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect in January 1994, the vehicle supply chain has become fully integrated, with parts manufacturing and assembly in all three countries. On May 18, 2017, the Trump Administration notified Congress of its intent to renegotiate NAFTA. In consequence, the 115th Congress will likely address numerous issues related to NAFTA and the North American motor vehicle industry. NAFTA has contributed to a large increase in trade in vehicles and auto parts within North America. Since 1994, Mexico has grown to become a major location for vehicle and parts manufacturing, while production in the United States and Canada has remained fairly steady, except during recessions. In addition to NAFTA trade liberalization commitments, growth of the Mexican vehicle industry was assisted by unilateral Mexican measures that removed restrictive trade and investment barriers, as well as Mexico's lower labor costs, the government's investment in training engineers and technicians to operate and manage motor vehicle plants, and numerous free trade agreements that give Mexican vehicles and parts tariff-free access to countries where U.S. exports face a tariff. In 2016, the United States had a motor vehicle trade deficit with both NAFTA partners, a deficit in vehicle parts trade with Mexico, and a surplus in vehicle parts trade with Canada. A topic in the renegotiation of NAFTA may be rules of origin, which determine which products qualify for the benefits of the agreement. NAFTA requires that 62.5% of a vehicle's net cost and 60% of the cost of parts originate in the NAFTA region in order for those products to have duty-free access to the United States. This is the highest such requirement for motor vehicles of any U.S. trade agreement. In general, vehicle and parts manufacturers support retaining the current rules of origin, whereas the United Auto Workers union seeks to require a higher percentage of regional content, which it believes would reduce the share of parts produced in non-NAFTA countries. The Trump Administration announced its negotiating objectives for NAFTA renegotiation on July 17, 2017, but it has not enumerated negotiating objectives specific to the automotive industry. However, some of its stated goals are consistent with recommendations of auto industry and union representatives, including updating customs procedures, promoting greater regulatory compatibility within the NAFTA region, improving intellectual property protection, improving labor and environmental provisions, and deterring currency manipulation.
Author: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Publisher: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
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Total Pages: 14
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John P. Tuman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-03
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1136547517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.
Author: Frank Giarratani
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2013-12-27
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 1782549005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach all