Contents: NAFTA, Mexican Trade Policy and US-Mexico Trade: A Longer Term Perspective; NAFTA: Estimated US Job 'Gains' and 'Losses' by State Over 51/2 years; Dilemmas and Solutions in the Implementation of Social Policies in Latin America; Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity; Trade and the Americas; Hemispheric Free Trade: Status, Hurdles and opposition; Key Elements of the Cuban Economic Reform; Ecuador's Brady Bond Default: Background and Implications; Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges and US Interests; Index.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: NAFTA, Mexican Trade Policy and US-Mexico Trade: A Longer Term Perspective; NAFTA: Estimated US Job 'Gains' and 'Losses' by State Over 51/2 years; Dilemmas and Solutions in the Implementation of Social Policies in Latin America; Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity; Trade and the Americas; Hemispheric Free Trade: Status, Hurdles and opposition; Key Elements of the Cuban Economic Reform; Ecuador's Brady Bond Default: Background and Implications; Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges and US Interests; Index.

Author Biography

Frank H Columbus, Editor