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NAFTA : CARICOM's prospects, fears and concerns. (Record no. 44626)

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Personal name GITTENS, Julius
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title NAFTA : CARICOM's prospects, fears and concerns.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Identifies NAFTA pros and cons for CARICOM as follows: pros - incentive for economic restructuring to develop global competitiveness; access to Mexico's large consumer market for goods and services; access to Mexican investment for the Caribbean; greater opportunities for investment in the Mexican economy; incentive to quicken the process of regional economic integration and regional free trade. Aspects of concern to CARICOM are: competition from more price-competitive Mexican products; threats to CBI benefits; competition for foreign investment; competition from Mexico's cheap labour; threat of economic marginalisation resulting from unequal free trade competition from Mexico and South America.
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Time/date of action 3/7/00
Action agent M2LMGR
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Koha item type Analytic

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