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What were the limitations of NAFTA? How did its replacement by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement counter them? Explain.

  • UPSC 2024
  • 15 marks
  • Regionalisation of World Politics

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (in force 1 January 1994) joined Canada, Mexico and the United States in a free trade area, the lowest rung of Béla Balassa's integration ladder. It tripled trilateral trade, but its design gaps made it, by 2016, the target of both American parties. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), in…

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  • Limitations of NAFTA
  • How the USMCA responded
  • Limits of the correction
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