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Review of Decision at Midnight: Inside the Canada-US Free-Trade Negotiations by Michael Hart with Bill Dymond and Colin Robertson

机译：午夜决策回顾：迈克尔·哈特与比尔·戴蒙德和科林·罗伯逊的加美自由贸易谈判之内

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The issue of free trade has fueled political debate in North America for the past decade. The authors, members of the Canadian free trade negotiating team, provide an inside view and defense of the Canada-US. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Their three-part story begins with ail outline of the economic theory and macroeconomic reality that prompted Canada and the United States to consider free trade. It also reveals the political skirmishes in Canada and the US. that set the stage for FTA negotiations. Section two delineates the actual free trade negotiations, key negotiators, and issues. The authors describe how philosophical differences over the implications of free trade nearly derailed the FTA. While Canadians viewed it as the most important trade agreement in the twentieth century, Americans considered the FTA as a mere opportunity to resolve existing trade irritants and a step towards renewed multilateral trade relations. The final section describes how this impasse was surmounted by dogged determination and last-minute compromise (hence the title, Decision at Midnight). While the book presents a Canadian perspective, there is much to interest American readers. The authors deftly summarize the history of US. Canada trade relations and the personalities involved. They also explain why agriculture was such a controversial issue during the trade talks: Canada insisting on retaining its agricultural marketing boards and supply management programs; the United States staunchly defending its farm subsidies and import quotas. As a result, agriculture was largely exempted from the FTA due to non-tariff issues.
机译：在过去的十年中，自由贸易问题加剧了北美的政治辩论。作者是加拿大自由贸易谈判小组的成员，提供了加拿大和美国的内部看法和辩护。自由贸易协定（FTA）。他们的故事分为三部分，首先是对经济理论和宏观经济现实的全面概述，促使加拿大和美国考虑自由贸易。它还揭示了加拿大和美国的政治冲突。为自由贸易协定的谈判奠定了基础。第二部分描述了实际的自由贸易谈判，主要的谈判者和问题。作者描述了关于自由贸易含义的哲学差异如何几乎使自由贸易协定脱轨。尽管加拿大人将其视为20世纪最重要的贸易协定，但美国人认为自由贸易协定只是解决现有贸易刺激因素的机会，也是迈向新的多边贸易关系的一步。最后一部分描述了如何通过顽强的决心和最后一刻的妥协来克服这种僵局（因此，标题为“午夜时分”）。尽管这本书介绍了加拿大的观点，但美国读者还是有很多兴趣。作者巧妙地总结了美国的历史。加拿大贸易关系和涉及的人物。他们还解释了为什么在贸易谈判中农业是一个有争议的问题：加拿大坚持保留其农业销售委员会和供应管理计划;美国坚决捍卫其农业补贴和进口配额。结果，由于非关税问题，农业在很大程度上免于自贸协定。

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