The effect of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement on Canadian multilateral trade liberalization

Joseph Mai and Andrey Stoyanov

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2015, vol. 48, issue 3, 1067-1098

Abstract: In this paper show that the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) tariff preferences have triggered a decline in Canadian external tariffs, explaining a two percentage point reduction in the average tariff between 1989 and 1998. Next, we found that industries that generate the least export rent to the US firms experienced deeper tariff cuts in Canada; this result provides evidence of cooperation in trade policies between the US and Canada. Finally, we estimate the effect of the CUSFTA on the intensity of industrial lobbying for trade policy in Canada and find no relationship between preferential trade liberalization and lobbying activity.

JEL-codes: F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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