The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement and the auto pact: a history of the automotive provisions and an examination of the state of the Canadian automotive industry

Before 1965, Canadian automotive manufacturers were producing a wide variety of models for a limited market in an industry in which economies of scale are very important. Tariffs and a Canadian content requirement protected this high cost industry from being overwhelmed by the more efficient U.S. ma...

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Main Author:	Jones, Carolyn G.
Other Authors:	Economics
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:	United States LD5655.V855 1990.J66 Automobile industry and trade > Canada Free trade > Canada Canada > Commerce > United States United States > Commerce – Canada
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41389 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03042009-040353/

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spelling	ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-413892021-05-08T05:27:01Z The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement and the auto pact: a history of the automotive provisions and an examination of the state of the Canadian automotive industry Jones, Carolyn G. Economics Meiselman, David I. Mackay, Robert J. Furbush, S. Dean United States LD5655.V855 1990.J66 Automobile industry and trade -- Canada Free trade -- Canada Canada -- Commerce -- United States United States -- Commerce – Canada Before 1965, Canadian automotive manufacturers were producing a wide variety of models for a limited market in an industry in which economies of scale are very important. Tariffs and a Canadian content requirement protected this high cost industry from being overwhelmed by the more efficient U.S. manufacturers. <p>The efficiency of Canadian firms was expected to improve under the Auto Pact with the U.S., which allowed duty free passage of new automotive equipment subject to certain conditions designed to protect the weaker Canadian industry. The Auto Pact was prevented by these Canadian safeguards from being a true free trade agreement (FTA), but it was an important step towards reducing the barriers to bilateral automotive trade. Master of Arts 2014-03-14T21:30:43Z 2014-03-14T21:30:43Z 1990-12-05 2009-03-04 2009-03-04 2009-03-04 Thesis Text etd-03042009-040353 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41389 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03042009-040353/ en OCLC# 23997173 LD5655.V855_1990.J66.pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ viii, 108 leaves BTD application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Tech
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description	Before 1965, Canadian automotive manufacturers were producing a wide variety of models for a limited market in an industry in which economies of scale are very important. Tariffs and a Canadian content requirement protected this high cost industry from being overwhelmed by the more efficient U.S. manufacturers. <p>The efficiency of Canadian firms was expected to improve under the Auto Pact with the U.S., which allowed duty free passage of new automotive equipment subject to certain conditions designed to protect the weaker Canadian industry. The Auto Pact was prevented by these Canadian safeguards from being a true free trade agreement (FTA), but it was an important step towards reducing the barriers to bilateral automotive trade. === Master of Arts
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The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement and the auto pact: a history of the automotive provisions and an examination of the state of the Canadian automotive industry

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