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NAFTA - Report Card on Agriculture
Table 15: Change in the Number of Bilateral Trade Disputes Since
NAFTA: Percent Response for Each Report Card by Country
and Total.
|
Country Report Card Response_________ |
Canada <^st 2nd % |
United States |
Mexfco |
Total <^st 2nd | ||||
|
1s, I |
2∏d %______ |
1st ( |
2∏d %___ | |||||
|
Decreased Significantly |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Decreased Slightly |
24 |
7 |
20 |
6 |
— |
— |
20 |
6 |
|
Stayed the Same |
12 |
40 |
20 |
25 |
— |
— |
15 |
29 |
|
Increased Slightly |
47 |
40 |
30 |
56 |
50 |
33 |
39 |
47 |
|
Increased Significantly |
18 |
13 |
25 |
13 |
25 |
33 |
22 |
15 |
|
Don’t Know__________ |
— |
— |
5 |
— |
25 |
33 |
5 |
3______ |
|
Source: Compiled from response data. | ||||||||
Table 16: Effectiveness of the NAFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism
in the Resolution of Trade Disputes--Percent Response for
__________Each Report Card by Country and Total.__________________
|
Country Report Card Response_______ |
Canada |
United States |
Mexico |
Total | |||
|
1st |
2∩d %______ |
∙^st 2nd |
1s, | ||||
|
Strongly Agree |
24 40 |
10 |
31 |
— |
— |
4? |
32 |
|
Slightly Agree |
71 60 |
50 |
56 |
75 |
67 |
61 |
59 |
|
Neutral |
— — |
10 |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
— |
|
Slightly Disagree |
— — |
20 |
6 |
— |
— |
10 |
3 |
|
Strongly Disagree |
— — |
10 |
6 |
— |
— |
5 |
3 |
|
Don’t Know________ |
6 — |
— |
— |
25 |
33 |
5 |
3_____ |
|
Source: Compiled from response data. | |||||||
dined as a result of the workshop. While the majority of workshop partici-
pants believe that the number of trade disputes has increased since NAFTA, it
also is possible that such disputes are simply more visible and emotional since
NAFTA.
Workshop participants, to an overwhelming extent, slightly agreed that
the NAFTA dispute settlement mechanism has been effective in the resolution
of trade disputes (Table 16). Across countries and in total, the proportion hold-
ing such a position ranged from one-half to three-fourths of workshop partici-
pants. For the all-country average, the proportion of respondents strongly or
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