The effective market access granted to textiles and apparel under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is estimated, taking into account the presence of rules of origin. First, estimates are provided of the effect of tariff preferences combined with rules of origin on the border...

This paper estimates the effective market-access granted under NAFTA in textiles and apparel taking into account the presence of rules of origin (RoO) by combining two approaches. First, we estimate the effect of tariff preferences and (RoO) on the border prices of Mexican final goods exported...

The effective market access granted to textiles and apparel under the North American Free Trade Agreement (nafta) is estimated, taking into account the presence of rules of origin. First, estimates are provided of the effect of tariff preferences combined with rules of origin on the border...