Neoliberal globalization: critiques and alternatives.
DEBATES CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and globalization reveal sharply different views of our world. Proponents of current forms of globalization (generally termed "neoliberal" or "corporate") tend to speak in very positive terms, making bold promises about the future. They argue that policies of freer trade and minimally regulated markets will...

EU Deja Vu in the Caribbean: just as the EU was sold to Europeans as a trade agreement even though it was actually a political union, so it has been sold again, this time to the islands of the Caribbean.
Many Europeans are now discovering that their nations have been deceitfully lured into membership in a multi-national trade bloc, once known as the Common Market, that is now controlling them politically. Known in its current manifestation as the European Union, this bloc now numbers 27 formerly independent nations. ...

Canada's Free Trade Agreement and Bilateral Investment Treaty Activity In 2008.
Canadian treaty negotiators were very busy in 2008, following the negotiation of several free trade agreements (FTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in 2007, and in keeping with Advantage Canada: Building a Strong Economy for Canadians, an economic plan released by the Canadian government in November 2006. The plan...

Detroit Regional Chamber Urges Support of Free Trade Agreements.
DETROIT, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Detroit Regional Chamber Board of Directors went on record in support of U.S. efforts to negotiate free trade agreements (FTA), including the proposed hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), U.S.-Chile FTA and others. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000703/DRCLOGO ) ...

A bold remedy to a grave threat: because the 14th Amendment's original intent has been ignored and the amendment has been used to grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants, Congress needs to clarify the meaning of the amendment's language.
Drafters of constitutional texts, be they members of the constitutional convention in 1787 or members of Congress who craft a constitutional amendment, cannot always foresee all of the nuances of governmental mismanagement and malfeasance that may follow their creations. Examples abound, especially with the 14th Amendment. It was ratified...

International law fights terrorism in the Muslim world: a Middle Eastern perspective.
INTRODUCTION The September 11 terrorist attacks ignited global interest in the Muslim world; (1) hence the region has become a primary concern for the international community, with national security bolted to the forefront of the American foreign policy and that of the rest of the world as...

Globalization and Canadian federalism: implications of the NAFTA's investment rules.
Globalization is a theory blind to federalism. In this Note, the authors consider the implications of globalization for Canadian federalism by exploring the implications of the investment protection provisions of Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"). After exploring the theoretical foundations of globalization,...

The Arizona-Sonora and Ecuador-Peru borderlands: common interests and shared goals in diverse settings.
In an age of globalization, interest in cross-border cooperation has increased significantly throughout the world. National governments and local borderland communities seek to live in harmony with their neighbors to maximize the mutual benefits of sociopolitical and economic cooperation. The United States and Mexico have shared a commonly defined...

An appellate mechanism for review of arbitral decisions in investor-state disputes: prospects and challenges.
ABSTRACT At a time when complaints and decisions in investor--state arbitration are proliferating as never before, concerns are being raised by the U.S. Congress, NGOs and some foreign governments over the lack of consistency (or serious errors) among the decisions that emanate from the largely ad hoc...

The phony "free trade" lobby: why the so-called "free trade" lobby is pushing a trade agenda that actually reduces free trade and American independence.
Mention "free trade" in any public discourse today, and one is likely to come up with such topics as NAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Fast Track Trade authority for the president. ...