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It's Time to Face NAFTA’s Jobs Myth
A third lightning round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks begins in Ottawa on September 23. Negotiators reportedly made progress during the first two go-rounds in Washington and Mexico City, reaching tentative agreements on intellectual property, e-commerce, and environmental protections, likely following the general outlines hammered out within the Transpacific Partnership agreement, or TPP. Yet the thornier issues – investor dispute settlement options, rules of origin, Buy American clauses, and importantly labor rules and wages – remain. Read More
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Experts delve into the domestic politics of Mexico, analyzing the impact of corruption, the drug war, and Mexico’s bilateral strategy with the United States following disagreements over immigration, border walls, and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The political crisis in Venezuela unfolds and Turkey's constitutional referendum takes place.
Senator Ben Cardin discusses corruption's effect on economic and social inequalities, investment, development, and democratic institutions.
August 24, 2017
NAFTA
The first round of NAFTA negotiations now concluded, the three nations will take a two week breather before reconvening in Mexico City on September 1.
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Venezuela
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of joining David Gura and Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss Venezuela and Mexico. You can watch the full show here, with the Venezuela portion from 1:52:30-1:57:00 and Mexico from 1:58:30-2:04:30.
Read MoreAugust 21, 2017
Mexico
August has brought a number of depressing reversals in the United States’ relation with Latin America: President Trump’s seemingly offhand statement on the possibility of military intervention in Venezuela, which sucked all the oxygen out of Vice President Pence’s much anticipated tour of the region; the cancellation of the
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