Regional Economic Integration: The Canada-U.S. Experience
The paper assesses the nature and degree of bilateral economic integration preceding and following the implementation of the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreement. The findings serve as a caution against managers and policymakers assuming that regional integration is an inevitable dynamic and basing strategies and policies around this assumption.
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http://econwpa.wustl.edu:80/eps/if/papers/0404/0404007.pdf