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Fairbrother, Malcolm. "Foreign Economic Policymakers and their Motives: A Case Study of North American Integration Till 1993" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22992_index.html>

Fairbrother, M. , 2005-08-12 "Foreign Economic Policymakers and their Motives: A Case Study of North American Integration Till 1993" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2008-10-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22992_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper addresses two basic questions about the politics of foreign economic policymaking: First, who has driven the recent trend of international market liberalization? More specifically, what roles have been played by states (bureaucrats and politicians), individual industries, business as a whole, and foreign actors like the World Bank, IMF, First World governments, or private creditors and investors? Second, what exactly has motivated advocates�whoever they may be�to support this process? The paper focuses specifically on the case of North American integration in the 1980s and early 1990s, as formalized in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the bilateral Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA). In this case, the main drivers of economic liberalization were neoclassical government bureaucrats. In contrast, elected politicians and the business community played a key role in winning public consent, but not in setting the broad direction of foreign economic policy. Similarly, individual industries only exercised significant influence over the details and contents of the agreements. Lastly, foreign actors played only minor roles in the process.

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