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Protectionism, free trade and preferential trade: the Mexican experience 1970-2005

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  • Pablo Ruiz Napoles

    (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Facultad de Economia, México (Mexico))

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This paper is an analysis of trade policies in Mexico. A structural analysis of theMexican economy's performance in three successive but different periods, regardingtrade policies for the last thirty-five years is presented. Results are confronted with expectations from various trade policies. There are two main conclusions: first those extreme free-trade policies have not been good for economic stability, growth and employment creation in Mexico, and second, that specialization in production andtrade occurs in non labor-intensive sectors in Mexico, in opposition to what is expected according to the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, under free trade conditions.

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  • Pablo Ruiz Napoles, 2007. "Protectionism, free trade and preferential trade: the Mexican experience 1970-2005," BNL Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 60(240), pages 49-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:psl:bnlaqr:2007:13
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    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy

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