1. Cf. R. G. Lipsey: Unsettled issues in the great free trade debate, in: Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 33 (1989), p. 2.
2. Mexico's official foreign debt rose from US$ 40 to 91 billion between 1979 and 1982, with most of the loans coming from US banks. On the debt crisis, see R. Dornbusch: Mexico: stabilisation, debt and growth, in: Economic Policy, Vol. 7 (1988), pp. 231–283.
3. See G. del Castillo: Mexico and the United States: The Politics of Free Trade and the Loss of Mexican Options, in: Latin America's Future in World Trade. Regional versus World Market Integration. International Conference, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Frankfurt, March 1992 (mimeo), p. 8.
4. Cf. L. Waverman: Mini Symposium: Modelling North American Free Trade, Editorial Introduction, in: The World Economy, Vol. 15 (1992), p. 3.
5. Cf. D. Cox, R. G. Harris: North American Free Trade and its Implications for Canada: REsults from a CGE Model of North American Trade, in: The World Economy, Vol. 15 (1992), pp. 33f.; Government of Canada: The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, an Economic Assessment, Ottawa, Department of Finance, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, 1988, pp. 18–20; G. C. Hufbauer, J. J. Schott: North American Free Trade Issues and Recommendations, Washington 1992, pp. 209–212, 269 and 288–291.