Is NAFTA Good For Canada?

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The paper discusses the drawbacks of the NAFTA agreement but reveals that the success of Canada's economic life depends on serious, pragmatic cooperation with the United States. The paper looks at the argument that Canada's political relationship with the U.S. should remain friendly, but its economic focus should shift to other regions such as China or India. The paper explains why an economic relationship with the United States is a necessity for Canada.

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"Many Canadian citizens fear the nation is getting the short end of the stick regarding NAFTA. To date, there have been nine cases against Canada under Chapter 11 of NAFTA alone - all of which involved challenges by U.S. companies operating within Canada. Two of these cases revolved around the controversial 1996 Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber agreement (Molot 163). Another case was brought against Canada by United Parcel Service (UPS), who argued that its Canadian position was being undermined by rivals Purolator Courier, Priority Courier and Expresspost (ibid, 163). Other cases involve Sun Belt Water Inc., who sued Canada for British Columbia's prohibition on the export of fresh water, and Crompton, who has sued the Canadian government for its decision to ban a pesticide desirable to the chemical manufacturer (ibid 163). Many question, then, how the NAFTA agreement is good for Canadians when such legal cases keep rising."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Canadian Attitudes Toward International Trade: Survey Findings." Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). 2005. Date accessed: February 16, 2007. Available: <http://international.gc.ca/tna-nac/documents/DFAIT_2002-en.pdf>
• Manley, John. "Canada-United States Trade Relations." Centre for Trade Policy and Law. November 4, 2005. Date accessed: February 16, 2007. Available: <http://www.carleton.ca/ctpl/conferences/documents/Canada-UnitedStatesTradeRelations-JohnManley_000.pdf>
• Molot, Maureen Appel. "NAFTA Chapter 11: An Evolving Regime." In Canada Among Nations 2002: A Fading Power, by Norman Hillmer and Maureen Appel Molot (Ed.'s). U.S.A.: Oxford Unviersity Press (2002), pp. 155-174.
• "NAFTA and Softwood." COMPAS Inc. August 22, 2005. Date accessed: February 16, 2007. Available: <http://www.queensu.ca/cora/polls/2005/August22-nafta_and_softwood.pdf>

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