AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA: REPORTING ON THE REPORT CARD



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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
^st 2nd
%

United States

Mexico

Total
2∏d
%____

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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