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This book examines the dynamics of continuity and change in the regional economic development of Mexico and the US border states. It includes hypotheses from new economic geography, endogenous and neo-Schumpeterian economic growth models, as well as regional innovation, industrialization patterns, multinational corporations' modes of operation, public investment, and national content of exports.

Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Regional economics --- Mexico. --- North American Free Trade Agreement

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International negotiations have become an important feature of the world trading system, but very few scholars have attempted to analyse this process. Using case studies in four areas - culture, textiles and apparel, autos, and pharmaceuticals - negotiated in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Maryse Robert uses a theoretical framework to help explain the outcome of such negotiations in terms of structure and process that. The structure of negotiations relates to states' objectives, outcomes, resources (in industry and in government), and issue-specific power. Process involves state's behaviour as expressed by its tactics during negotiation. Among the questions the author raises are: How are winning and losing defined in a given issue area? What are a state's resources as it enters a trade negotiation? Are all resources equally important? Is the utility of some tactics linked to certain resources? The key message of the book is that it is the right mix of resources and tactics that determines the outcome of negotiation. Very few scholars have attempted to analyse trade negotiations. Using case studies in four areas - culture, textiles and apparel, autos and pharmaceuticals - Robert proposes a theoretical framework to help explain the outcome of a negotiation in the field of international trade. She argues that this outcome has two characteristics: structure and process. The former is constituted of the resources a state brings to the table in a given issue area; the latter refers to the state's behaviour as expressed by its tactics during negotiation. The key message of the book is that it is the right mix of resources and tactics that determines the outcome.

Free trade --- Canada. --- Canada --- Commercial policy. --- North American Free Trade Agreement --- E-books --- NAFTA --- Tratado Trilateral de Libre Comercio --- TTLC --- Tratado de Libre Comercio en América del Norte --- TLCAN --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica --- Hokubei Jiyū Bōeki Kyōtei --- Acordo Norte-Americano de Livre Comércio --- T.L.C. --- TLC --- Accord de libre-échange nord-américain --- ALENA --- Tratado de Libre Comercio --- Agreement between Canada, the United States of America, and the United Mexican States --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte --- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement --- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) --- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 October 7) --- Treaties, etc. (Canada : 1992 October 7) --- Treaties, etc. (Mexico : 1992 October 7) --- Treaties, etc. (United States : 1992 October 7) --- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992) --- NAFTA (1992) --- Tratado Trilateral de Libre Comercio (1992) --- TTLC (1992) --- Tratado de Libre Comercio en América del Norte (1992) --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (1992) --- TLCAN (1992) --- Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica (1992) --- Hokubei Jiyū Bōeki Kyōtei (1992) --- Acordo Norte-Americano de Livre Comércio (1992) --- Nordamerikanische Freihandelszone (1992) --- T.L.C (1992) --- TLC (1992) --- Accord de libre-échange nord-américain (1992) --- ALENA (1992) --- Tratado de Libre Comercio (1992) --- Treaties, etc. (Canada : 1992 Oct. 7) --- Treaties, etc (Canada : 1992 Oct. 7) --- Treaties, etc (Canada : 1992) --- Treaties, etc (Canada)

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) were designed to strengthen investor's rights at the expense of community rights and environmental protection. Both deals have achieved their aims. Trade Barriers to the Public Good provides a detailed examination of NAFTA and AIT cases involving MMT - a chemical additive brought into Canada by the US company Ethyl Corporation Inc. When the Canadian federal government banned the importation of MMT under the Fuel Additives Act, Ethyl Corp. filed a claim under NAFTA Chapter 11 seeking US $201 million in damages. Alex Michalos uses a case study of MMT to reveal exactly how and why quasi-judicial international dispute processes provide significantly less protection for the public interest than the routine procedures for passing an ordinary Act of Parliament. Trade Barriers to the Public Good illustrates why and how constitutionally protected democratic rights are undermined by trade deals such as the one involving MMT and, failing termination of NAFTA and AIT - the author's first choice for remedial action - recommends precise changes in dispute settlement rules that are needed to protect individuals and the environment.

Free trade --- Interstate commerce --- Manganese --- Dispute resolution (Law) --- Environmental aspects --- Political aspects --- Ethyl Corporation --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- North American Free Trade Agreement --- Motor fuel additives industry --- Libre-echange --- Commerce interprovincial (Canada) --- Reglement de conflits --- Law and legislation --- Environmental aspects. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Aspect politique --- Canada.

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Mexican cuisine has emerged as a paradox of globalization. Food enthusiasts throughout the world celebrate the humble taco at the same time that Mexicans are eating fewer tortillas and more processed food. Today Mexico is experiencing an epidemic of diet-related chronic illness. The precipitous rise of obesity and diabetes-attributed to changes in the Mexican diet-has resulted in a public health emergency. In her gripping new book, Alyshia Gálvez exposes how changes in policy following NAFTA have fundamentally altered one of the most basic elements of life in Mexico-sustenance. Mexicans are faced with a food system that favors food security over subsistence agriculture, development over sustainability, market participation over social welfare, and ideologies of self-care over public health. Trade agreements negotiated to improve lives have resulted in unintended consequences for people's everyday lives.

Agriculture and state --- Free trade --- Nutritionally induced diseases --- Food industry and trade --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- North American Free Trade Agreement --- agriculture. --- chronic illness. --- cooking. --- development. --- diabetes. --- diet. --- dietary issues. --- food lover. --- food security. --- food system. --- food writing. --- foodie. --- globalization. --- health and wellness. --- healthy food. --- mexican cuisine. --- mexican food. --- mexican government. --- mexico. --- nafta. --- nutrition. --- obesity. --- policy issues. --- processed food. --- public health. --- social issues. --- social welfare. --- sustainability. --- sustainable food.

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"Clarkson's rigorous study of the many political and economic relationships that link Canada, the United States, and Mexico probes this curious question by looking at the institutions created by NAFTA, a broad selection of economic sectors, and the security policies put in place by the three neighbouring countries following 9/11. This detailed, meticulously researched, and up-to-date treatment of North America's transborder governance allows the reader to see to what extent the United States' dominance in the continent has been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with its two continental partners." "The product of seven years' political research in the areas of economy, international relations, and policy, Does North America Exist? is an ambitious and path-breaking study that will be essential reading for those wanting to understand whether the continent containing the world's most powerful nation is holding its own as a global region."--Jacket

POLITICAL SCIENCE --- International Relations / General --- Commerce --- International Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Trade blocs --- Free trade --- National security --- North America --- Economic integration. --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Regional economic blocs --- Regional trading blocs --- Trading blocs --- Government policy --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- International trade --- E-books --- Turtle Island (Continent) --- North American Free Trade Agreement. --- Nordamerikanische Freihandelszone --- North American Free Trade Area --- North American Free-Trade Area --- NAFTA --- Freihandelszone --- Kanada --- Mexiko --- USA --- 1994 --- -North America