Despite the development of a general agreement that the processes of globalization weaken national borders, little attention has been paid until recently to the impact of these processes on the internal borders of federal systems. These discussions take on particular urgency in Canada, a country which is both trade-dependent and defined in large part by its federal structure (Simeon, 2003 p.132). This paper examines the responses of the provinces and systems of interstate federalism to economic globalization, particularly the negotiation and implementation of the GATT/WTO agreements since the Tokyo Round and FTA/NAFTA agreements. Though these responses have been ad hoc and incomplete, they have developed a flexible approach which has balanced federal and provincial interests in the midst of largely centralizing trends [...]
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