<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with some crucial issues of the relationship between the European Union and the North-American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA. NAFTA and its functional structure are briefly described in the paper, and possible gains and losses from a confrontation between NAFTA and the EU are discussed. The author's view of the potential benefits for Poland from a closer cooperation with NAFTA are also presented in the final section of the paper.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with some crucial issues of the relationship between the European Union and the North-American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA. NAFTA and its functional structure are briefly described in the paper, and possible gains and losses from a confrontation between NAFTA and the EU are discussed. The author's view of the potential benefits for Poland from a closer cooperation with NAFTA are also presented in the final section of the paper.

NAFTA and the EU are the Two on a Collision Course?

Department of Transport Management, Faculty of Economics and Transport Engineering, Maritime University Henryka, Pobożnego 11, 70-507 Szczecin

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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The paper deals with some crucial issues of the relationship between the European Union and the North-American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA. NAFTA and its...

NAFTA and the EU are the Two on a Collision Course?

Published Online: Nov 09, 2011

Page range: 131 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-011-0006-1

Keywords
NAFTA, EU Confrontation, cooperation, enlargement, Gross Domestic Product, competition

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NAFTA and the EU are the Two on a Collision Course?

Published Online: Nov 09, 2011

Page range: 131 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-011-0006-1

KeywordsNAFTA, EU Confrontation, cooperation, enlargement, Gross Domestic Product, competition

This content is open access.

Keywords
NAFTA, EU Confrontation, cooperation, enlargement, Gross Domestic Product, competition