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The Political Economy of the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement: Analysis of the Congressional Fast Track Vote

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Fred O. Boadu  and
Maria R. Thompson
Fred O. Boadu
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Maria R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University, and Columbia University Law School, New York, New York
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Abstract

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the strategic forces shaping U.S.-Mexico trade relationships and the possibilities of extending the trade agreement to the rest of the Americas. The paper concludes that constituency interests, party loyalty, the proportion of a state's population of Hispanic origin, and the influence of textile-related employment in the state were significant explanatory factors in the Congressional Fast Track vote that occurred in May of 1991.

Keywords

free trade agreementfast tracktextilescongressional voting
Type
Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , December 1993 , pp. 27 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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