I. Hussain 
Reevaluating NAFTA 
Theory and Practice

Depicting NAFTA to be but a stepping stone rather than final product of regional economic integrative efforts, a chapter-specific 15-year assessment conveys the upsides and downsides of North America’s Camelot moment.

Table of Content

Nafta’s Fifteen Year Itch North American Economic Integration in Theoretical Context: Neo-Functionalism or not Functional? Investment: Sticky Fingers? Nafta’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Designs, 15-Year Performances, Comparisons Nafta & Intellectual Property Rights Increasing Nafta Trade Trends: Incidental or Institutional? Pooling Empirical Observations: Nafta an Integrative Camelot? Players Under the Microscope Conclusions/Implications

About the author

Imtiaz Hussain is a professor of International Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana.