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Introduction And Symposium Overview: The Changing Labor Markets Of The Western Hemisphere: Labor Issues Relating To The Ftaa, Ann C. Hodges Oct 2001

Introduction And Symposium Overview: The Changing Labor Markets Of The Western Hemisphere: Labor Issues Relating To The Ftaa, Ann C. Hodges

Law Faculty Publications

In 1994, thirty-four countries in the Western Hemisphere met in Miami to begin negotiations designed to establish a comprehensive free trade agreement. The initial meeting led to a "Declaration of Principles" and a "Plan of Action" which committed the signatory countries to take steps toward open markets and free trade in the hemisphere. Subsequent meetings in 1998 and 2001 have moved the countries toward creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), with an expectation that the agreement will be in place by 2005.


International Protection Of The United States Trademarks: A Survey Of Major International Treaties, E. Brooke Brinkerhoff Jan 2001

International Protection Of The United States Trademarks: A Survey Of Major International Treaties, E. Brooke Brinkerhoff

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

Globalization of the world has forced the evolution of international norms. Never before has the world been able to communicate so quickly across borders. Instantaneous global communication-the ability to send and receive not just e-mail messages, but documents, videos, and software-enables this instant communication.


The Workers In The Globalized Economy: The European Way To The Foundation And Enforcement Of The Social Rights, Maurizio Del Conte Jan 2001

The Workers In The Globalized Economy: The European Way To The Foundation And Enforcement Of The Social Rights, Maurizio Del Conte

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

In recent years, a new term has spread like wildfire to become a catch-all word in a regions of the world-globalization. The word i ubiquitous, splashed in newspapers, dissected in essays and academic journals, bandied at symposiums, quizzed by the man in the street and shouted against by parching protesters.


Workers’ Rights: A Winding Road In The Trucking Dispute Between The United States And Mexico, Michael S. Plotkin Jan 2001

Workers’ Rights: A Winding Road In The Trucking Dispute Between The United States And Mexico, Michael S. Plotkin

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

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The Geography Of Injustice: Borders And The Continuing Immiseration Of California Agricultural Labor In Era Of "Free Trade", Don M. Mitchell Jan 2001

The Geography Of Injustice: Borders And The Continuing Immiseration Of California Agricultural Labor In Era Of "Free Trade", Don M. Mitchell

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

Why is it that when the reigning ideology governing the expansion of “free trade” is anti-regulatory”, all agree that the movement of people, or rather laborers, must be carefully regulated? Indeed, why are borders strengthened for people just as states of the Western Hemisphere embark on a thorough reconfiguration, and even a dismantling, or borders for capital and goods.