The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because o f increased Mexican... more The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because o f increased Mexican exports was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the analysis of Mexico? potential physical production capacity and domestic demand for horticultural products, the nature of US import demand, and the macroeconomic policies effective on January 1, 1994. It created the world's largest free trade area, including Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with 360 million people producing $6.2 trillion worth of goods and services and trading more than $1 trillion worth of goods and services each year.' Also, it started an of the two countries. The analysis showed that, in the short run, NAFTA? built-in safeguards and parallel agreements would protect US growers' interests. In the long run, Mexico5 ability to expand production to meet both increasing domestic and export demand would be limited. In fact, Mexico may face a demand reversal and end up importing horticultural products from the Us. 01996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because o f increased Mexican... more The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because o f increased Mexican exports was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the analysis of Mexico? potential physical production capacity and domestic demand for horticultural products, the nature of US import demand, and the macroeconomic policies effective on January 1, 1994. It created the world's largest free trade area, including Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with 360 million people producing $6.2 trillion worth of goods and services and trading more than $1 trillion worth of goods and services each year.' Also, it started an of the two countries. The analysis showed that, in the short run, NAFTA? built-in safeguards and parallel agreements would protect US growers' interests. In the long run, Mexico5 ability to expand production to meet both increasing domestic and export demand would be limited. In fact, Mexico may face a demand reversal and end up importing horticultural products from the Us. 01996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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