00654nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500770003726000090011452004150012358300180053820260716043504.0  aChase, Kerry A.  aEconomic interests and regional trading arrangements : the case of NAFTA  c2003  aReviews unresolved puzzles in the political economy of trading blocs.  Presents an explanatory framework to examine the domestic politics of regional trade agreements.  Tests these expectations on group preferences (lobbying in the United States) and policy outcomes (tariff-phasing schedules in the NAFTA treaty).  Evaluates specific motives in U.S. domestic politics for regionalism and trade discrimination.  c5/21/03kJOYD