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Week 1 REGIONALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM

Trade Agreements: Bilateral, Trilateral and Multilateral  APEC official home page

Week 2 WHY NAFTA?

Integrating Cities and Regions: North America Faces Globalization

Week 3 A WALK THROUGH THE NAFTA TEXT

Complete NAFTA Agreement (fast server)  Key Provisions of NAFTA by Sector   NAFTA Chapter Summary (OAS)   NAFTA Chapter Summary (Eden)   NAFTA Facts by Article   Summary and Analysis of TOC   Summary of Financial Services Chapter   Downloading NAFTA text   Energy Summary  NAFTA: A Guide to Customs Procedures

Week 4 THE SIDE AGREEMENTS ON LABOR & THE ENVIRONMENT

NAFTA & Environmental Laws: The Case of Canada & Ethyl Corporation  NAFTA Labor Challenge in Canada  CCE - CCA - CEC  NAFTA and the Texas/Mexico Border Environment  NAID Reports on Labor and Environmental Impacts of NAFTA  Textile and Apparel Workers Union  Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Campaign

Week 5    MULTINATIONALS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND NAFTA

Bilateral Investment Treaties  Foreign Investment in Latin American and the Caribbean Investment Agreements in the Western Hemisphere  FDI Regimes in the Americas: A Comparative Study

Week 6   THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NAFTA

Study on Operations and Effect of the NAFTA  SICE/NAFTA -  Index of Working Group Reports  The Office of NAFTA - Trade Related Documents  SICE Quantitative Data  AFL - CIO Action Site  Foreign Trade Statistics  Peter Morici - Assessing the Canada-US FTA  Transactions Costs and Regional Trade [bilateral intraindustry trade indexes]   Detailed World Trade Statistics from the ITC  Trade stats for the past five years

Week 7   INDUSTRY IMPACTS #1: NAFTA AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY

Automotive Industry Sector Competitiveness Framework-Canada  Impact of the NAFTA on US Automotive Exports to Mexico  A 3 Year Review of the Impact of NAFTA on the U.S. Auto Industry  Appendix 300-A (The automotive provisions)  Sector Competitiveness Frameworks Series: Automotive Industry

Week 8   INDUSTRY IMPACTS #2: OTHER INDUSTRY IMPACTS

US Market Research Reports  Canadian Business Information by Sector  NAFTA Trade Information Center  US Office Of Trade & Analysis  USITC General Fact Finding Reports  Impact of NAFTA on the US Economy and Industries  USITC Document Search Engine  USTR Reports  Reports to the NAFTA Commission  The Office of NAFTA - Trade Related Documents  State of California Impact Study  Trade stats for the past five years

Week 9   CURRENT US-MEXICO BILATERAL & BORDER ISSUES

Border Trade Index  Border Business Indicators  US Commerce Department- Mexico  US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce  Maquiladoras  Trade and Environment Database of North America  USTR's annual report to Congress on Mexican Trade Barriers (PDF Format)

Week 10 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

NAFTA Decisions and Reports  Compendium of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws in the W. Hshp.  NAFTA Secretariat "General Information"  OAS Summary, NAFTA Ch.19   OAS Summary, NAFTA Ch.20  OAS Summary, NAFTA Ch.11   (section B only)   Access of Private Parties to International Dispute Settlement  NAFTA Decisions & Reports  Completed NAFTA Panel Reviews  NAFTA Panel Reviews & Reports  OAS Comparison of DSMs in Western Hemispheric Trade Agreements  Mercosur: What it means for Australia  The Andean Pact: An Integration Pioneer

Week 11 OTHER REGIONS #1: THE EUROPEAN UNION

Welcome to the Euro-facts about the new currency  European Union Internet Resources  Chronology of the EU  Euroguide - Guide to EU Information on the Net   Search Engines on the European Union   European Integration Papers On-Line  European Journal of International Law  European Business On-Line  European Union Research Guides   European Voice - A Weekly View of the Union   EMUNET

Week 12  OTHER REGIONS #2: MERCOSUR

Political Database of the Americas   Latin American Studies, WWW Library   Benson Latin American Collection   International Affairs and Integration in the Americas   Selected Latin America Resources   Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement-CCFTA   Foreign investment in Latin America & the Caribbean  Mercosur Treaties, Decisions and Resolutions  OAS Analytical Compendium of Western Hemisphere Trade Agreements  Merco Press: Mercosur News  South-South Economic Cooperation  AmericasNet - Summary of Mercosur   Mercosur Administrative Secretariat  IDRC Guide to Information on the Mercosur

Week 13 BROADENING NAFTA: THE FTAA PROCESS

Trade Liberalization: Western Hemisphere  Global Trade Watch   FTAA - ALCA - ZLEA - Publications & Data Bases   General FTA website   Official FTAA Site   The FTAA Process: Official Documents  Group of Three (Colombia Mexico Venezuela) Treaty on Free Trade   Constructing the FTAA: A European Perspective  FTAA Process: A Progress Chart   Florida's Position on the FTAA