Chapter 8

Economic and Business

Environment in
North America

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 Learning Objectives

• Analyse the country profiles of Canada and

Mexico
• Evaluate the developments in different
sectors like financial, social, infrastructural,
agricultural, industrial, political and external in
Canadian and Mexican economies

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 Business Environment in Canada
• Brief Country Profile
• Overview
• Government
• Monetary and Banking Developments
• Bank Rate
• Open Market Operations
• Financial Institutions and Markets
• Social Sector
Contd…

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 Business Environment in Canada

• Infrastructure
• National Saving Expands
• Government Surplus Continues to Rise
• Summary

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 Business Environment in Maxico
• Overview
• Mexico and Foreign Trade
• Agricultural Sector
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection
• Industrial Sector
• Political Structure

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 Business Environment in Maxico
• Financial System
– Banking System
• External Sector
• Social Sectors
• NAFTA and the Mexican Economy
• NAFTA and 1994 Peso Crisis
• Trade Liberalisation in Mexico
• Latest Economic Trends

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