AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA: REPORTING ON THE REPORT CARD

Fairchild and Aubin

Table 17: Extension of NAFTA to the Western Hemisphere Based on
the NAFTA Experience: Percent Response for Each Report

Source: Compiled from response data.

slightly agreeing with the statement increased from 76 to 91 percent, respec-
tively, between report cards.

In both report cards, almost all of the respondents from Canada agreed
either slightly or strongly with the proposition, as did all of the respondents
from Mexico. However, participants from the United States were less optimis-
tic about dispute resolution. Prior to the workshop, forty percent of U.S. par-
ticipants either slightly or strongly disagreed that NAFTA dispute resolution
mechanisms had been successful, or were neutral on the subject. Following the
workshop, only twelve percent of the U.S. respondents disagreed with the state-
ment.

Expanding NAFTA to the Western Hemisphere

On the question of whether the NAFTA experience supports the expan-
sion of NAFTA to the Western hemisphere, there was overall agreement, with
eighty percent of workshop participants strongly or slightly agreeing that ex-
pansion is justified based on experience to date (Table 17). On a country-by-
country basis, 100 percent of Mexicans, 94 percent of Canadians, and 65 per-
cent of Americans responding to the first report card either strongly or slightly
agreed that NAFTA experience justified expansion. In the second report card,
those registering some degree of agreement represented 100, 87, and 75 per-
cent, respectively, of Mexican, Canadian, and American workshop participants.

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