Afta NAFTA.
As free trade erodes the power of organized labor, union leaders are beginning to fight back. In Santiago on May 19, Commerce Secretary William Daley was at pains to reassure his Chilean hosts of the Clinton Administration's commitment to expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement. His...

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...

Toward a new foreign policy.
Decisive leadership in the Senate and strong signals of support from the White House could lead to ratification of the Stockholm and Rotterdam conventions before the end of the year. Without popular pressure, however, neither is likely to happen. The Senate must produce a version of the...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
Rapid U.S. ratification of the Stockholm and Rotterdam conventions will spur other nations to join in meeting the goal of ratification by 50 countries before September 2002. The U.S. played a key role in initiating the international discussions that ultimately led to the Stockholm Convention, and it would be...

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. ...

The use of international law in the American adjudicative process.
Thanks very much for the introduction. I'm delighted to be here. Actually, it's my third appearance at a Federalist Society program. I've always found them very interesting, and I suspect this one will be both interesting and provocative. Now the title that I was given to talk...

Are enhanced trade and enhanced security mutually exclusive? The western Canada-U.S. borderland in a post-9/11 world.
In a post-September 11, 2001, North American trade environment, dramatic change appears to be the most visible constant in the Canada-United States borderland. The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1989 (FTA) and the subsequent North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 (NAFTA) dramatically accelerated trade across the border, resulting...

NAFTA Chapter 11 dispute resolution and Mexico: a healthy mix of international law, economics and politics.
I. INTRODUCTION Trade and investment agreements provide the political, economic and legal framework for economic integration in the modern international political economy, and underscore the importance of international law in the integration process. The proliferation of such agreements among nation-states since the mid-twentieth century has been a...

Multinational corporations: balancing rights and responsibilities.
The lecture began at 4:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, and was given by Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University; the discussant was Rachel Kyte of the International Finance Corporation. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: BALANCING RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES By Joseph E. Stiglitz * THE IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATIONS...