Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
A penetrating study of the impact of NAFTA on Mexico's economic development, this is the only in-depth comparison of Mexican trade law before and after NAFTA, and of how considerations of trade with Mexico altered the provisions (from the earlier Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the GATT) that formed the basis of the new trilateral project. Mr. von Mehren's book is a point of departure not only for understanding and applying the trade law common to North America but for assessing the likely course of historic negotiations still to come. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
A review of the Dept. of Transportation¿s (DoT) ongoing North Amer. Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border trucking demonstration project (DP), at the conclusion of the first year of the project. This report determines whether: (1) the DP consists of a representative and adequate sample of Mexico-domiciled carriers likely to engage in cross-border operations beyond the U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border; (2) DoT has established sufficient mechanisms to determine whether the DP is adversely affecting motor carrier safety; and (3) Fed. and state monitoring and enforcement activities are sufficient to ensure that participants in the DP are complying with all applicable laws and regulations. Tables.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
NAFTA entered into force in 1994 after a bitter Congressional debate. But NAFTA in operation has proved no less controversial than NAFTA before ratification, for both supporters and opponents of trade liberalization have cited experience with the agreement to justify their positions. To provide a factual basis for this ongoing debate, the authors evaluate NAFTA's performance over the first seven years, comparing actual experience with both the objectives of the agreement's supporters and the charges of its critics. They then examine future challenges and opportunities in the trade and investment relationships among the three partner countries and the broader implications for new trade initiatives throughout the hemisphere.