NAFTA: Will Security Trump Trade?
Mexico’s Role and the United States Concern Regarding National
Security and Economic Viability of a Trade Agreement.
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…no country in the world has a greater impact on the daily life of Americans than does
Mexico [because] what we buy, sell and make, the wages we pay and receive, the
languages we speak, the illicit drugs and criminality that afflict us, and, in some locales,
the very air we breathe and water we use is influenced in a significant measure by
Mexico.”
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Tony Garza, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
NAFTA: Will Security Trump Trade? Mexico’s Role and the United
States Concern Regarding National Security and Economic Viability of
a Trade Agreement.
I.
II.
Introduction
An Overview and History of the NAFTA Legislation
A. Back to the Beginning: So Where Did the Idea for NAFTA Come From in
the First Place?
B. Meanwhile, in Mexico…
C. What is NOT in NAFTA
III.
The U.S. NAFTA Paradigm Shift – Trade vs. National Security Interests
in a Post 9/11 World
A. NAFTA’s Provisions for National Security
IV.
NAFTA Plus? The Recent Enactment of The Security and Prosperity
Plan of North America.
A. An overview of the Major Arguments Regarding NAFTA
B. New Initiatives for Post 9/11 – Deep Integration and Harmonization
C. Back to the Beginning Again – Where did the Idea for the Security and
Prosperity Partnership Come From?
i.
Deep Integration and Harmonization in Canada
ii.
Deep Integration and Harmonization in Mexico
D. The Security and Prosperity Plan of North America
E. The Firestorm of Controversy Surrounding the Security and Prosperity
Partnership.
V.
Conclusion
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