NAFTA: the institutionalization of economic openness and the configuration of Mexican geo-economic spaces

Article Abstract:

This article discusses Mexico's growth and industry orientated policies' shift from public policy concerns to market-driven ones since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the manner in which economic openness and the empowerment of the market has created a new regionalization of the country's core economic activities. The author suggest that the core of NAFTA for the Mexicans encompasses the cross-border territoriality of California and Texas and central Mexican states, changing the economic territoriality of the country, with negative consequence for southern Mexican states.

North America, Mexico, Interpretation and construction, Economic policy, Treaties, Regionalism, Geopolitics

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The strange story of Bush and the Argentine debt crisis

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The world witnessed the largest sovereign default in history when the government of Argentina declared itself unable to pay its debts in December 2001 and instead of supporting foreign private creditors, the US government did very little. Although US policy towards the Argentine debt default and restructuring contrasted sharply with the Bush administration's aggressive broader foreign policy since September 2001, it reflects familiar influences of strategic goals and neoliberal ideology.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, International politics, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Bush, George W., Sovereign debt market, Foreign policy

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Mercosur and the end game of the FTAA negotiations: challenges and prospects after the Argentine crisis

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The interplay between Mercosur, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations and the parallel Doha Round of global trade talks is evaluated. Mercosur's best strategy for survival is to stick to its original goal of becoming a common market.

Powers and duties, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Common markets

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