Umowa o wolnym handlu między USA a Kanadą jako przykład tendencji regionalnych występujących w polityce handlowej lat osiemdziesiątych. Ocena funkcjonowania umowy z punktu widzenia interesów Kanady

Abstract

The above paper aims at discussing main principles of the US-Canada FTA and evaluation of its functioning from the point of view of the Canadian part. The agreement was presented on the background of current trade policy tendencies in the world economy. The paper consists of three parts. The first on which is in fact the general introduction, presents the notion of a trading bloc. The next part introduces the trade policy of the 80’s and the 90’s pointing at the tendency of emergence of new economic and political regions. This is folloved by the presentation of the US-Canada FTA as such and its functioning. It is worth adding that the appraisl of the agreement is a subjective one.