Trade Policy by Ashford, Nicholas

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Trade Policy by Ashford, Nicholas

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The impact of trade on income inequality in Mexico by Bernini, A, de Groot, OJ

“…This paper investigates the impact of changes in trade patterns resulting from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on income inequality in Mexico over the past 20 years. …”

The impact of trade on income inequality in Mexico by Bernini, A, de Groot, OJ

“…This paper investigates the impact of changes in trade patterns resulting from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on income inequality in Mexico over the past 20 years. …”

Creating Social Justice: A Conversation with Julia Álvarez by Rebeca Moreno-Orama, Julia Álvarez

“…Álvarez reveals the importance of the imagination in envisioning a distinct narrative space where the effects of NAFTA on undocumented Mexican farmer workers or the challenges faced by the children of undocumented immigrants are brought to life through the singularity of her characters. …”
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El 11 de septiembre y la relación México - Estados Unidos: ¿Hacia la securitización de la agenda? by Jorge A. Schiavon, Rafael Velázquez Flores

“…Since these factors existed before September 11, Mexico was ableto promote an expansion of NAFTA objectives, propose a migratory agreement, and pursue an exemption of the United States drug control certification. …”
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The Fragmentation and Integration of North American Governance: Border Security and Economic Policy for the Obama Administration by Greg Anderson

“…The post-9/11 marriage of economics and security will continue to make border management difficult in security and economic terms for all three NAFTA countries. With no political momentum for new trade liberalization initiative in North America and security remaining as an overriding priority, the status quo will prevail. …”
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The Welfare State, Globalization and Internal Sociopolitical Dynamics: The Case of North America by Ilán Bizberg

“…This article analyses the transformation of the social protection system in the three countries of North America under globalization and NAFTA. Contrary to what was predicted would happen, there has not been a unique process of homogenization of the economic and the social security configurations of the three countries to conform with those existing in the United States. …”
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Creating Social Justice: A Conversation with Julia Álvarez by Rebeca Moreno-Orama, Julia Álvarez

“…Álvarez reveals the importance of the imagination in envisioning a distinct narrative space where the effects of NAFTA on undocumented Mexican farmer workers or the challenges faced by the children of undocumented immigrants are brought to life through the singularity of her characters. …”
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Health Care and the Limits of “Progressive” Neoliberalism: Re-Evaluating the Trade-Health Interface 2006-2019 by Mark Crawford

“…From 1995 to 2006, Canadian trade policy purported to insulate the Canadian health care system from the effects of trade liberalization, largely through reliance upon key general exclusion clauses in the NAFTA and the GATS and other legal strategies. During the Conservative years 2006-2015 the government de-emphasized these strategies, and (more importantly) the international trade agenda increasingly emphasized investment promotion and patent protection. …”
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Business study mission to Mexico : telecommunications by Liew, Rosalind Pieak Yoke, Ng, Tee Chiou, Ngien, Timothy Hoon Chay, Yam, Kum Weng

“…The Mexican government started re-structuring the telecommunications industry in the late 1980s, to prepare the industry for the eventual opening of the market to foreign competition under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) arrangement. The state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), was privatised in 1990. …”
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Multi-product Exporters: Product Churning, Uncertainty and Export Discoveries. by Iacovone, L, Javorcik, B

“…This article contributes to the literature by examining product-level dynamics within firms in the context of Mexican trade integration under NAFTA. The data show intense product churning within firms and confirm the existence of within-firm product heterogeneity. …”

Free trade or people? by Mojca Nemgar

“…Namely FTAA is compromising 34 states of Latin America and North America, although it seems that is only an extension of the NAFTA who has proved to be harmful both for the Mexico, which obviously does not have enough economic power to cope (financial crisis 1995) with thriving American economy, as for Canada, a member of G-8. …”
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Geo-economic Factors of an Intensification Development of Laos in Association of Southeast Asian Nation Conditions by Lyudmila V. Shkvarya, Andrey V. Strygin, Vasilij I. Rusakovich

“…Among them – the deepening of regional economic integration processes in different regions of the world – in Western Europe (EU), North America (NAFTA), the South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ASEAN countries occupy a strategic location on the route from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, being at the crossroads connecting the Pacific basin to the Middle East, Africa and Europe.…”
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El mercado de trabajo en la frontera norte frente al cierre de empresas maquiladoras by Eliseo Díaz González

“…This article studies the labor market in Mexico´s northern-border states, and the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the maquiladora industry, and its relationship to employment and wage determination in the region from 1997 through 2004, with special attention to maquiladora closures between 2001 and 2003. …”
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The impact of China on Mexico-USA Relations: Economic Evolution and Strategic Possibilities by Juan González García, J. Eduardo Mendoza Cota, Zhang Juanjuan

“…To answer this question, we will analyze the Chinese impact on Mexico-US relations by providing an overview of the three countries; examining the bilateral ties, to see their impact on the scheme of nafta and the impact of China; and finally, by discussing the future prospects of the relationship. …”
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Geo-economic Factors of an Intensification Development of Laos in Association of Southeast Asian Nation Conditions by Lyudmila V. Shkvarya, Andrey V. Strygin, Vasilij I. Rusakovich

“…Among them – the deepening of regional economic integration processes in different regions of the world – in Western Europe (EU), North America (NAFTA), the South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ASEAN countries occupy a strategic location on the route from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, being at the crossroads connecting the Pacific basin to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. …”
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Geo-economic Factors of an Intensification Development of Laos in Association of Southeast Asian Nation Conditions by Lyudmila V. Shkvarya, Andrey V. Strygin, Vasilij I. Rusakovich

“…Among them – the deepening of regional economic integration processes in different regions of the world – in Western Europe (EU), North America (NAFTA), the South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ASEAN countries occupy a strategic location on the route from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, being at the crossroads connecting the Pacific basin to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. …”
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Progressive Contextualization: Thinking about Extreme Events by Arthur D. Murphy

“…This essay reviews the following works: Side Effects: Mexican Governance under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements. By Mark Aspinwall. …”
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The Committment to a Liberal World Market Order as a Hegemonic Practice: The Case of the USA by Christoph Scherrer

“…Yet they were able to contain protectionist challenges and even to achieve further liberalization (e.g. NAFTA)... In this paper I want to explore the reasons for the adherence of the United States to a liberal world market order despite the erosion of the foundations for its original committment. …”
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