V. Bulmer-Thomas – författare

The integration scheme between Mexico, Canada and the United States represents the first time that a developing country has been linked to developed countries in a free-trade agreement.

A study explaining how the social upheavals which led to the Nicaraguan revolution and the civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala were rooted in the export-led model followed in the region. The author also explores their efforts to achieve regional co-operation in the economic sphere.