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March/April 2003, 
Vol. 85, No. 2
Posted 2003-03-01

NAFTA and the Geography of North American Trade

by Howard J. Wall

The author estimates the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the geographic pattern of North American trade. Specifically, he looks at the effects of NAFTA on aggregate trade flows between subnational regions within North America and between North American regions and the non-NAFTA world. The importance of a regional analysis of the effects of NAFTA is evident from the variety of regional post-NAFTA experiences.