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Effects of a Free Trade Agreement on U.S. and Mexican Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations

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  • Forsythe, Ken
  • Lynch, Lori

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Sanitary and phytosanitary (S&P) regulations that protect both U.S. and Mexican agriculture and consumers from exotic pests and diseases and other foodborne contamination (such as pesticide residues) will continue to be effective under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The presence of pests and diseases limits the movement of food and agricultural products between the United States and Mexico. Even with S&P measures in place, the risk of cross-border contamination continues because pests and diseases do not recognize national borders. The previous cooperative efforts between the United States and Mexico to prevent and control infestation and infection will likely continue regardless of the reduction or removal of trade-restricting measures. Both countries, however, desire to prevent the simultaneous proliferation of new S&P measures that might substitute for tariffs or quotas.

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  • Forsythe, Ken & Lynch, Lori, 1992. "Effects of a Free Trade Agreement on U.S. and Mexican Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309661, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309661
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309661
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    1. Yumkella, Kandeh K. & Schweikhardt, David B. & Lyford, Conrad & Sorenson, Vernon L. & Suvedi, Murari, 1993. "Michigan Agriculture: Links to NAFTA - A Resource Manual for Extension Educators," Agricultural Economic Report Series 201425, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    2. Overton, Benny E. & Beghin, John C. & Foster, William E., 1995. "Phytosanitary Regulation and Agricultural Trade Flows: Tobacco Inputs and Cigarettes Outputs," Staff General Research Papers Archive 1590, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    3. Sumner, Daniel A. & Lee, Hyunok, 1995. "Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Barriers and Empirical Trade Modeling," 1995: Understanding Technical Barriers to Agricultural Trade Conference, December 1995, Tucson, Arizona 50720, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.

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