The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement and the auto pact: a history of the automotive provisions and an examination of the state of the Canadian automotive industry

Before 1965, Canadian automotive manufacturers were producing a wide variety of models for a limited market in an industry in which economies of scale are very important. Tariffs and a Canadian content requirement protected this high cost industry from being overwhelmed by the more efficient U.S. manufacturers. The efficiency of Canadian firms was expected to improve under the Auto Pact with the U.S., which allowed duty free passage of new automotive equipment subject to certain conditions designed to protect the weaker Canadian industry. The Auto Pact was prevented by these Canadian safeguards from being a true free trade agreement (FTA), but it was an important step towards reducing the barriers to bilateral automotive trade.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Economics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• Jones, Carolyn G.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Meiselman, David I.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Mackay, Robert J.
• Furbush, S. Dean

• United States

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-03042009-040353

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41389