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

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorJones, Carolyn G.en
dc.contributor.committeechairMeiselman, David I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMackay, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFurbush, S. Deanen
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:30:43Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:30:43Zen
dc.date.issued1990-12-05en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-04en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-04en
dc.description.abstractBefore 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. 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.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentviii, 108 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03042009-040353en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03042009-040353/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41389en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.J66.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 23997173en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectUnited Statesen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.J66en
dc.subject.lcshAutomobile industry and trade -- Canadaen
dc.subject.lcshFree trade -- Canadaen
dc.subject.lcshCanada -- Commerce -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Commerce – Canadaen
dc.titleThe 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 industryen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
LD5655.V855_1990.J66.pdf
Size:
2.95 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Masters Theses