A Review of Canadian Rail Activity in the North American Free Trade Agreement Era
This paper highlights that Canada has benefitted from the shift away from protectionist-based measures and towards multi-lateral trade liberalization. It clarifies the critical role that railways play in facilitating NAFTA’s success and the economic prosperity of Canadians, underscoring the need for future trade policies to be cognizant of the need for a fluid, low-cost, safe and financially healthy rail sector. In terms of the potential decertification of NAFTA, this paper provides a framework for assessing trade flows and forecasting the potential loss of trade revenues for regional economies and railways. While novel and yet to be subject to peer review, the framework’s outputs support the argument that NAFTA’s decertification would have a negative impact on the railway industry and the competitiveness of several Canadian provinces, a view also supported by the investment community.
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Corporate Authors:
Canadian Transportation Research Forum
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Authors:
- Gullo, M
- Rosales, E
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- Publication Date: 2018
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: 1 PDF file, 440 KB, 9p.
- Monograph Title: Canadian Transportation Research Forum 53rd Annual Conference - The Future of Canada's Transportation System//L'avenir du systéme de transport du Canada - Gatineau, Québec, June 3-6, 2018
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Economics; Impact studies; International; Policy; Railroad transportation; Trade
- Geographic Terms: Canada; North America
- ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 255: Economics; 9112: Impact study; 9034: International; 8169: North America; 173: Policy; 1173: Rail bound transport; 330: Trade
- Subject Areas: Economics; Policy; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01723260
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- Files: ITRD, TAC
- Created Date: Nov 21 2019 2:03PM