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Bizarre Love Triangle: The Trilateral Responses To Tame The United States-Mexico Border, James M. Cooper
Bizarre Love Triangle: The Trilateral Responses To Tame The United States-Mexico Border, James M. Cooper
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This article explores the role that multilateral agreements among Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and bilateral agreements between the United States and Mexico, have played along the border. Part I of this article explores the Washington Consensus and the culture of accumulation, plunder, and extractivism that it has engendered. Part II delves into various economic integration pacts that are part of the Washington Consensus starting with the NAFTA, then the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), and finally, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. It concludes that neither agreement make the border safer, nor make its working people more prosperous.
The North American Free Trade Agreement And Its Legacy On The Resolution Of Intellectual Property Disputes, James Cooper
The North American Free Trade Agreement And Its Legacy On The Resolution Of Intellectual Property Disputes, James Cooper
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This essay focuses on NAFTA and the contributions that this regional trade pact made to protect IPR and settle intellectual property (IP) disputes. It also explores the legacy of NAFTA in the context of the eventual WTO, and the rights provided by the TRIPS Agreement that was concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations. Section II provides a brief historical background on how NAFTA fit into the world as countries began aligning themselves by creating various trade agreements. Section III surveys the provisions and legacy of NAFTA with respect to …