Introduction To U.S. Free Trade Agreements

AuthorDavid A. Gantz
PositionSamuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law and Director Emeritus, International Economic Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona, A.B. (1961), Harvard
Pages299-313
IntroductIon to u.S. Free trade agreementS
David A. Gantz*
University of Arizona, USA
ABSTRACT
This introduction explores the historical changes in the trade policies of the United
States (U.S.), namely, the shift from the support of multilateral rules to the embracement
of regional trade agreements and provides an overview of the political and economic
considerations behind the conclusion of the major U.S. free trade agreements.
CONTENTS
I.. IntroductIon ............................................................................................. 300
II.. Free trade agreementS In the general agreement on tarIFFS and trade ...300
III.. the unIted StateS’ embrace oF Free trade agreementS ...................... 302
IV.. the u.S.-ISrael Free trade agreement ................................................306
V.. canada-unIted StateS Free trade agreement ....................................... 307
VI.. north amerIcan Free trade agreement ............................................... 308
VII.. the Jordan and other mIddle eaStern Free trade agreementS........ 308
VIII. the buSh era Free trade agreementS In latIn amerIca and aSIa ... 310
IX.. the tranS-PacIFIc PartnerShIP ...............................................................311
X.. tranSatlantIc trade and InVeStment PartnerShIP? .............................. 313
Br. J. Am. Leg. Studies 5 (2016), DOI: 10.1515/bjals-2016-0010
© 2016 David A. Gantz, published by De Gruyter Open.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
* Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law and Director Emeritus, International Economic Law and
Policy Program, University of Arizona, A.B. (1961), Harvard College, J.D. (1967), J.S.M.
(1970), Stanford Law School; He can be reached at dagantz@email.arizona.edu.

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