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North America: Vision or Illusion?

Robert Pastor
2003

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) dismantled barriers and nearly tripled trade and investment. However, it failed to address the development gap between Mexico and its northern neighbors, and it omitted any credible institutions to anticipate crises or shape a new partnership. Thus, instead of uniting to respond to Sept. 11 , old habits of U.S. unilateralism and Canadian and Mexican ambivalence prevailed, endangering further integration. We need to plan for the second decade of NAFTA by developing North American solutions to continental problems and opportunities.
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Brazil in Transition

Antonio Barros de Castro
2003

Professor Barros de Castro teaches at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has been a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Barros de Castro is an expert on Brazilian industrial and trade policy, having directed BNDES, Brazil's giant development bank, which has a loan volume greater than the World Bank's.

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Mexican Development in the Long Term: Is NAFTA Sufficient?

Albert Fishlow
2003

Professor Albert Fishlow teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Previously Dr. Fishlow was Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Dean of International and Area Studies. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1975 to 1976.

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NAPU and You: The North American Parliamentary Union- What It Is and Why We Need It

David Bonior
2003

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the constitution of the North American Common Market. It recognizes only one form of citizenship — that of multinational corporations. The North American Parliamentary Union (NAPU) is a democratic structure which will enfranchise citizens, farmers, laborers, small business people and environmentalists in the NAFTA countries as well as Central America. It will broaden the playing field so that our best democratic values will be incorporated into our social, economic and political decisions.

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