‘An Introduction to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Understanding the New NAFTA’ by David Gantz Edward Elgar Publishing: 2020, ISBN 9781839105319

Abstract

The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is a modified and modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), came into effect on 1 July 2020. 1 The USMCA consists of 34 chapters and numerous annexes and side letters, and covers a few new areas compared to NAFTA, such as small and medium-sized enterprises, state-owned enterprises, corruption, and digital trade. Like its predecessor, the USMCA will govern most economic relationships in North America, including more than $1.1 trillion in annual trade of goods and services, 2 for at least the next 16 years. 3 Professor to NAFTA. on NAFTA issues, on NAFTA dispute resolution, served arbitrator proceedings Chapters 11 (investment), 19 (bi-national appeals of anti-dumping/countervailing duty decisions) and 20 (state-to-state dispute settlement). It is therefore no surprise that Gantz would also be the author of one of the first commentaries on the key provisions of the USMCA.