Arbitration panel rejects claim of NAFTA violation by U.S.
On August 10, 2005, the U.S. State Department announced that a three-member North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration tribunal has just dismissed a $970 million claim filed by Methanex, a Canadian methanol producer, challenging California's regulations of the gasoline additive MTBE. The U.S. views this ruling as supporting the...

Alvaro Uribe seeks justice and peace: in an interview with Americas, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe reveals his plans for eradicating guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug trafficking, while advancing free trade and democracy.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Americas magazine spoke with President Alvaro Uribe Velez at a time when two issues were dominating the news in Colombia: peace negotiations with illegal armed groups, and the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. As we were writing the introduction...

Álvaro Uribe seeks justice and peace: in an interview with Americas, Colombian president Álvaro Uribe reveals his plans for eradicating guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug trafficking, while advancing free trade and democracy.
Américas magazine spoke with President Álvaro Uribe Velez at a time when two issues were dominating the news in Colombia: peace negotiations with illegal armed groups, and the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. As we were writing the introduction to this interview, Uribe...

JPEPA now.
Byline: Elinando B. Cinco Like the perennial ecclesiastical conflict between agnostics and heretics, issues emanating from the Senate never fail to attract public attention - and controversy. In fact, there is no denying that the Upper House these days thrives on disputes. Never has the...

Is America Slipping in INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Unilateral trade sanctions, special export restraints, and tax and regulatory policies are eroding the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers. IN 1997, Congress turned down Pres. Clinton's request to renew the traditional "fast track" treatment of international trade agreements. Because emotion and misinformation characterized much of the public debate...

3 big organizations endorse Loren for VP.
Byline: JOEL C. ATENCIO The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) endorsed vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda and 10 senatorial candidates from different camps, calling them the peasants pick to protect the countrys agriculture from the onslaught of globalization and the World Trade Organization (WTO). In...

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...

Introduction: the challenges of globalization for workers: transnational and transborder issues.
THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL. MONETARY FUND (IMF) AND WORLD Bank (WB) meetings in Washington, D.C., in September 2002, and the protests a year later at the meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico, are powerful testimony of the increasing challenge economic globalization poses in our...

Encyclopedia of historical treaties and alliances, 2d ed.; 2v.
0816060754 Encyclopedia of historical treaties and alliances, 2d ed.; 2v. Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. Facts On File, Inc. 2006 1108 pages $175.00 Hardcover KZ1160 This two-volume set treats diplomatic treaties...

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...