03927nam 2200769Ia 450 991082467230332120240417051841.00-7748-5412-X97866132255111-283-22551-410.59962/9780774854122(CKB)2430000000000451(OCoLC)180704187(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135992(SSID)ssj0000568930(PQKBManifestationID)12243383(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000568930(PQKBWorkID)10540835(PQKB)10552212(CaPaEBR)404159(CaBNvSL)jme00326383(Au-PeEL)EBL3412163(CaPaEBR)ebr10141273(CaONFJC)MIL322551(OCoLC)923442378(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8q6v4g(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404159(MiAaPQ)EBC3412163(DE-B1597)661490(DE-B1597)9780774854122(MiAaPQ)EBC3245708(EXLCZ)99243000000000045120030307d1994 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDecision at midnight[electronic resource] inside the Canada-U.S. free-trade negotiations /Michael Hart, with Bill Dymond and Colin Robertson ; foreword by Donald Macdonald, with cartoons by Alan King1st ed.Vancouver UBC Pressc19941 online resource (473 p.)Canada and international relations ; v. 9Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-0514-5 0-7748-0543-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter --Contents --Charts and Tables --Foreword --Preface --The Fork in the Road --Setting the Stage --Policy Origins --No Anchor, No Rudder, No Compass: The us Setting --Preparing the Way --Reaching a Decision --Forging Ahead --Getting Ready --Negotiating an Agreement --The Summer of Innocence --The Fall of Impatience --The Winter of Discontent --Spring Again: Moving Rocks --The Summer of Despair --Impasse in September --The Real Thing --What had Gone Wrong? --A Near Run Thing --The Lawyers Take Over --Conclusions: A Good Agreement¹ --Notes --Chronology of the Canada-Us Free-Trade Negotiations --Glossary of Trade and Related Terms --Suggestions for Further Reading --Credits --Index --About the AuthorsOn 2 January 1988, Canada and the United States signed what was then the most comprehensive free trade agreeement the world had ever seen. This book is the story of those FTA negotiations, the preparations for and conduct of the negotiations, as well as the ideas and issues behind them. From their unique perspective as participants, Michael Hart, Bill Dymond, and Colin Robertson capture the drama and the personalities involved in the long struggle to make a free trade deal. They describe the extensive consultations, the turf-fighting among insiders, the innate caution of both politicians and bureaucrats, and the need to cultivate powerful constituencies in order to overcome the inertia of conventional wisdom.Canada and international relations ;9.Free tradeCanadaFree tradeUnited StatesCanadaCommercial treatiesUnited StatesCommercial treatiesFree tradeFree trade382/.971073Hart Michael1944-288993Dymond Bill1943-1628929Robertson Colin1954-1628930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824672303321Decision at midnight3966342UNINA