The North American Free Trade Agreement and North East Asia: a comparative analysis

Abstract

In this paper a comparative analysis is made of the behavior of trade and FDI on two economic regions constituted by: NAFTA (Mexico, USA and Canada), and that formed by the countries of Northeast Asia (China, Japan and Korea). This analysis is completed to determine the evolution of trade and FDI in the context of two different dynamics of commerce. Where, on the one hand there is a dualistic economic integration process constituted in jure by signing NAFTA, and on the other, an economic pole constituted de facto by three major economic countries in the Asian region.

Keywords

• TLCAN
• IED
• noreste de Asia
• índices de comercio