ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the regionalization of the North American apparel commodity chain in a manner that is mostly consistent with the definition offered by Gamble and Payne. It investigates the regionalization of the North American apparel commodity chain, measured in terms of the changing composition of US imports. The chapter also explores the implications of the establishment and subsequent operation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in terms. It reviews the political manifestations of the regionalization of the North American apparel commodity chain and assesses the implication of these for the future direction of US-Caribbean political economy more generally. The chapter analyses the implications of this in terms of the evolving hierarchy of supply countries within the Caribbean Basin. It considers the implications of NAFTA in terms of the differential roles of Mexico and the Caribbean in the evolving supply chain previously described.
