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dc.contributor.authorPaiva, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-02 18:04:27 (GMT)
dc.date.available2009-09-02 18:04:27 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2009-09-02T18:04:27Z
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/4678
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines US protectionism in the 1980s from Canadian and American perspectives, and its role in Canada’s pursuit of the historic 1988 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. It analyzes the perceived “threat” of protectionism and evaluates the agreement’s provisions against Canada’s goal of securing access to the US market. It contends that US protectionism was crucial in the Mulroney government’s decision to negotiate a bilateral agreement and was a contentious issue for the agreement’s critics. US sources, unexamined in existing historiography, confirm the increased threat of American protectionism, but emphasize a distinction between the threat and implementation of protectionist trade law. Although the agreement did not shield Canada from US trade remedies, Canada gained important presence in the trade dispute process. These conclusions are drawn from Canadian and American media and government documents, 1980s academic and think-tank commentary, legal documents, the memoirs and diaries of major players, and select archival sources.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectProtectionismen
dc.subjectCanada-US Free Trade Agreementen
dc.subjectMarket Accessen
dc.subjectTrade Policyen
dc.subjectCanada-US Relationsen
dc.subjectFree Tradeen
dc.subjectTrade Remediesen
dc.subjectTrade Disputesen
dc.subjectGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Tradeen
dc.subjectBrian Mulroneyen
dc.subjectRonald Reaganen
dc.subjectAllan Gotlieben
dc.subjectDerek Burneyen
dc.titleSurmounting Trade Barriers: American Protectionism and the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreementen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programHistoryen
uws-etd.degree.departmentHistoryen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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