自由贸易区是区域经济一体化的主要形式之一,在世界范围内得到了广泛的应用,其中,北美自由贸易区具有重要的研究意义和价值,本文试图通过介绍墨西哥的经验来具体分析自由贸易区的利弊。本文分为四个部分:第一部分首先介绍了自由贸易区的基本概念,第二部分介绍了北美自由贸易区的基本情况,第三部分则着重分析了墨西哥的具体经验,第四部分阐明了墨西哥经验对我国的一些启示。2005年1月1日,是北美自由贸易区(North America Free TradeArea)成立11周年纪念日。北美自由贸易区在世界各大区域贸易组织中具有重要的地位和作用。它拥有4.21亿人口,包含两个发达国家(美国和加拿大)和一个发展中国家(墨西哥),是世界上第一个由发达国家和发展中国家组成的经济集团。该自由贸易区成员间的政治、经济青况的差异非常大,因此具有比较典型的研究和参考价值。目前,我国正在努力建立中国—东盟自由贸易区,以探索成立自由贸易区的可能性,因此更需要了解其他自由贸易区的经验和教训,本文希冀在此方面抛砖引玉。 Free Trade Area is one of the main forms of regional economic integration and has been widely used worldwide. Among them, North American Free Trade Area has important research significance and value. This paper tries to introduce the experience of Mexico to analyze the free trade Pros and cons of the district. This article is divided into four parts: The first part introduces the basic concepts of free trade area, the second part introduces the basic situation of NAFTA, the third part focuses on the specific experience of Mexico, the fourth part states that Mexico Some Inspirations of Experience to Our Country. January 1, 2005 marks the 11th anniversary of the establishment of North America Free TradeArea. NAFTA has an important position and role in the world’s major trade organizations. It has 421 million inhabitants, including two developed countries (the United States and Canada) and one developing country (Mexico), the first economic group in the world consisting of developed and developing countries. The differences between the political and economic conditions of the members of the free trade area are very large, so they have more typical research and reference values. At present, China is trying its best to establish China-ASEAN Free Trade Area so as to explore the possibility of establishing a free trade area. Therefore, it is even more necessary to understand the experience and lessons of other free trade areas. This article hopes to start a discussion on this issue.