Auto pact creating a borderless North American auto industry, 1960-1971 - Anastakis, Dimitry (University of Toronto Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-276) and index
1. Canadian auto industry, 1900-1963 -- 2. Canadian state intervention in the auto industry and the failure of automotive free trade, 1963-1964 -- 3. big three and the creation of a borderless auto industry, 1965 -- 4. implementation of the auto pact, 1965-1966 -- 5. Managing the borderless North American auto industry, 1965-1968 -- 6. Consolidating the borderless North American auto industry, 1968-1971 -- Conclusion : the borderless North American auto industry, 1971-2001 -- App. A. Text of the automotive products trade agreement, 1965 -- App. B. Sample letter of undertaking, Ford Motor Company of Canada -- App. C. Automotive statistics, 1960-1999
"Drawing from newly released archival sources, Dimitry Anastakis demonstrates that, for Canada's automotive policymakers, continentalism was a form of economic nationalism. Although the auto pact represented the end of any notion of an indigenous Canadian automotive industry, significant economic gains were achieved for Canadians under the agreement. Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebear of what is now known as globalization." --Book Jacket