Coming together? : Mexico-United States relations

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Coming together? : Mexico-United States relations

Barry Bosworth, Susan M. Collins, and Nora Claudia Lustig, editors

Brookings Institution Press, c1997

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Papers from a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution on July 25, 1996

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780815710271

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The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was expected to signal the beginning of a new era of close co-operation between Mexico and the United States. Subsequent events, however, have introduced new tensions into the relationship. The 1995 economic collapse in Mexico sharply curtailed economic growth and lowered the demand for U.S. exports. The result has been a substantial deficit in U.S. trade with Mexico and renewed arguments that trade with Mexico reduces the employment opportunities of low-skilled workers in the United States. Immigration, both legal and illegal, has grown as a subject of contention between the two countries. Mexico has also come under increased focus as a conduit for the flow of drugs into the United States. In this book, scholars from the United States and Mexico examine the major elements of the bilateral relationship. The economic dimension is highlighted in two papers that focus on the effects of NAFTA on trade and financial transactions. The political and social dimensions are taken up in three papers on immigration, drug trafficking, and environmental concerns. The contributors include J. Enrique Espinosa and Pedro Noyola, SAI Consultores, Mexico; John Williamson, Institute for International Economics; Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia, Ministry of the Environment, Mexico; Peter Smith, University of California, San Diego; and George Borjas, Harvard University.
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ISBN 9780815710288

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Contains revised versions of papers presented at a 1996 Brookings Institute conference held to evaluate recent development in the U.S.-Mexico relationship. An introductory chapter is followed by five chapters that focus on NAFTA's effects on trade and financial transactions, immigration, drug traffi

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