NAFTA's Effects on International Wood Products Trade
Investigators:
Jeffrey P. Prestemon,
Southern Research Station
Joseph Buongiorno, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Description:
The North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in January, 1994. Among NAFTA's predicted effects will be an increase in wood products trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico. Empirical questions regard how responsive is Mexico's import demand to import prices from the United States and Canada and, by extension, how important the agreement will be to North American markets. Other questions surround the effects of proposals to extend NAFTA to include all of the Americas, including the Caribbean. Two peer-reviewed papers have been published that analyze NAFTA's effects and the effects of NAFTA's expansion. Another manuscript, in the journal review process, analyzes the Agreement's effects on Mexican deforestation.
Problem Area(s):
Public programs
Status:
Ongoing
Products:
Prestemon, Jeffrey P. 1997. The effects of NAFTA expansion on US forest products exports. Journal of Forestry. 26-32.
Prestemon, J. P.; Buongiorno, J. 1996. The impacts of NAFTA on U.S. and Canadian forest products exports to Mexico. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26:794-809.
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modified:
13-MAR-2000
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USDA FS SRS
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