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NAFTA 20 YEARS LATER: In the 20 years since it entered into force, the North American Free Trade Agreement has been both lauded and attacked in the United States. What has the trade agreement achieved? Dialogue co-chair and former U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills (pictured above center) writes in Foreign Affairs. Dialogue co-vice chair Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty writes in the Wall Street Journal. The Dialogue's Latin America Advisor asks experts, "What are the best options for modernizing NAFTA?" In December, the Dialogue hosted a dinner celebrating 20 years of NAFTA and advances in Mexico-US relations.
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ABOUT
The Dialogue's Economics and Trade Program seeks to monitor Latin American economies and analyze the impact of policy decisions. The program also focuses on how the external global economy affects Latin America's economic growth and how specific actors such as China, the United States, and Europe contribute to its development.
The Dialogue's Latin American Economies Roundtables bring together a small group of leading economic analysts from government agencies, international financial institutions, the private sector, think-tanks and universities. Participants analyze the state of Latin American and Caribbean economies, how they are affected by the external environment and what are the best policy options.
STAFF
ARTICLES & OP-EDS | PUBLICATIONS | EVENTS | PRESS
Michael Shifter, President
Peter Hakim, President Emeritus
Nora Lustig, Non-Resident Senior Fellow
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Keeping up with the BRICS, by Peter Hakim, China Policy Review, August 2014 (Chinese Version Here).
La permanencia de la corrupción en Latinoamérica, by Peter Hakim, Infolatam, 30 June 2014 (English / Chinese).
Una nueva agenda de política comercial para las Américas, by Peter Hakim, Infolatam and China Policy Review, 4 June 2014 (English)
Leading From the Front on Free Trade by Robert B. Zoellick The Wall Street Journal 12 January 2014
What Are the Best Options for Modernizing NAFTA?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Arturo Sarukhán, Carl Meacham, Jeff Faux, Ben Beachy, and James R. Jones, 6 January 2014.
How Will Latin American Economies Perform in 2014?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Alicia Bárcena, Alfredo Coutiño, and Erich Arispe, 23 December 2013.
NAFTA's economic upsides, by Carla A. Hills, Foreign Affairs, January 2014.
It's Time for Nafta 2.0, by Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Wall Street Journal, 15 December 2013.
Reforma Fiscal en México, by Alicia Bárcena, Reforma, 4 November 2013.
What Trends Have Been Driving Investment in the Region?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Roberto Baquerizo, Alfredo Coutiño, Luis Oganes, and Lisa M. Schineller. 4 June 2013.
Will Teachers' Resistance Derail Mexico's Education Reforms?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Reyes Tamez Guerra, Jeffrey Puryear, Andrés Rozental, and Sergio Bitar, 10 September 2013.
Which Mexico for Obama?, by Peter Hakim, Reuters, 1 May 2013
Obama Heads South Again/Obama mira otra vez al Sur, by Peter Hakim, Infolatam, 4 April 2013.
What Will the Proposed Telecom Overhaul Mean for Mexico?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Daniel Castro, Ramiro Tovar Landa, Andrés Rozental, and James R. Jones, 25 March 2013
How Well Has Peña Nieto Performed in His First 100 Days?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Rogelio Ramirez de la O, James R. Jones, Andrés Rozental, Pamela Starr, and Duncan Wood, 1 March 2013
La palanca judicial, by Jesús Silva-Herzog Marquez, Reforma, 25 February 2013.
Shifting Fortunes: Brazil & Mexico in a Transformed Region, by Michael Shifter & Cameron Combs, Current History, February 2013.
Have Prospects for U.S.-Mexican Relations Improved? Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Peter Hakim, Andrés Rozental, and Laura Carlsen, 1 February 2013.
Which Issues Will Define the Brazil-Mexico Agenda?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Peter Hakim, Rubens Barbosa, Ruben Olmos, and Joel Korn, 8 January 2013.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Peter Hakim, Foreign Policy, 26 November 2012.
A Campaign About Nothing, by Michael Shifter, Foreign Policy, 28 June 2012.
MORE ARTICLES & OPEDS
A More Ambitious Agenda: A Report of the Inter-American Dialogue's Commission on Mexico-US Relations/Una Agenda Más Ambiciosa: Informe de la Comisión de Diálogo Interamericano sobre relaciones México-Estados Unidos, February 2013.
Peace Now? Mexican Security Policy after Felipe Calderón, by Alejandro Hope, January 2013.
Vulnerabilidad y remesas en el sector rural Mexicano, by Manuel Orozco, January 2010.
Violence and Impunity: Protecting Journalists in Colombia and Mexico/Violencia e Impunidad: Cómo Proteger a los Periodistas en Colombia y México, March 2010.
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Congressional Members' Working Group: A Conversation on US Cooperation in Central America and Mexico, 11 December 2013.
A Celebration of Mexico-US Relations, 4 December 2013.
Mexico on the Regional and Global Stage, 30 July 2013.
Congressional Members' Working Group: President Obama's Visit and the Outlook for US Relations with Mexico and Central America, 22 May 2013.
Press Briefing: President Obama's Visit to Mexico and Central America, 29 April 2013.
Criminal Violence in Mexico: Challenges for the Peña Nieto Administration, 14 March 2013.
Launch: A More Ambitious Agenda, A Report of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Commission on Mexico-US Relations, February 6, 2013.
A Discussion on Mexico's Education Challenges, 29 November 2012.
Mexico-US Relations and Hemispheric Challenges: A Conversation with Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, November 15, 2012.
Mexico's Next Sexenio: What Lies Ahead, July 26, 2012.
The Future of US-Mexico Cooperation, July 25, 2012.
A New Vision for Mexico 2042: Achieving Prosperity for All, April 3, 2012.
Mexico's Foreign Policy: The Issues and Choices Ahead, December 7, 2011.
A Conversation with Josefina Vázquez Mota, October 21, 2011.
MORE EVENTS
Caribbean growth could mean new trade policies, Peter Hakim interviewed on CCTV, 23 July 2014.
A BRICS Alternative to the IMF and World Bank, Peter Hakim interviewed on Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 15 July 2014.
BRICS announce $200B challenge to world financial order, featuring Peter Hakim, Al Jazeera America, 15 July 2014.
The U.S. Supreme Court deals a blow to Argentina, featuring commentary by Peter Hakim, Marketplace, 16 June 2014.
México participa en una Cumbre Iberoamericana… con los roles cambiados, Michael Shifter in Animal Político, 18 October 2013.
For Juárez, new administration, new hope, the Dialogue in El Paso Inc., 13 October 2013.
New administration, new hope for human rights in Juárez, the Dialogue in Newspaper Tree, 9 October 2013.
Monitorean las reformas de México, Michael Shifter in Reforma, 6 October 2013.
Biden inaugurará diálogo económico EEUU-México a la sombra del espionaje, Michael Shifter in El Comercio, 19 September 2013.
Biden inaugurará diálogo económico EEUU-México a la sombra del espionaje, Michael Shifter in El Correo, 19 September 2013.
Biden inaugurará diálogo de alto nivel en México para promover competitividad, Michael Shifter in El Nacional, 19 September 2013.
La revolución educativa de México y Brasil, Jeff Puryear in Los Tiempos, 19 September 2013.
La revolución educativa de México y Brasil, Jeff Puryear in El Periódico, 18 September 2013.
Andres Oppenheimer: Mexico, Brazil education laws may be historic, Jeff Puryear in the Miami Herald, 15 September 2013.
La revolución educativa de México y Brasil, Jeff Puryear in Eju.TV, 15 September 2013.
Protest Wave Poses Test for Latin American Leaders, Michael Shifter in The Wall Street Journal, 9 September 2013.
Flujos migratorios de México a EU se reducirán, the Dialogue in El Economista, 31 July 2013.
"México ya no será fuente de migración hacia EU", the Dialogue event in Sipse, 30 July 2013.
Migración de mexicanos a EUA se reducirá: Medina Mora, the Dialogue in Vértigo Político, 30 July 2013.
México cambia de imagen, Michael Shifter and Cameron Combs in El Tiempo, 7 June 2013.
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On October 12, the House and the Senate voted to ratify free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama some six years after they were originally signed. According to Dialogue president Michael Shifter, the long delay in ratifying the agreements reflects poorly on the United States' declared commitment to partnership with other governments in the hemisphere. Dialogue president emeritus Peter Hakim also contends that the FTAs will not have a fundamental impact on US relations with the region. MORE
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ABOUT
The Dialogue's Economics and Trade Program seeks to monitor Latin American economies and analyze the impact of policy decisions. The program also focuses on how the external global economy affects Latin America's economic growth and how specific actors such as China, the United States, and Europe contribute to its development.
The Dialogue's Latin American Economies Roundtables bring together a small group of leading economic analysts from government agencies, international financial institutions, the private sector, think-tanks and universities. Participants analyze the state of Latin American and Caribbean economies, how they are affected by the external environment and what are the best policy options.
STAFF
Michael Shifter, President
Peter Hakim, President Emeritus
Nora Lustig, Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
Paul Shortell, Program Assistant
For more information, contact Paul Shortell, at pshortell@thedialogue.org or (202) 463-2933.
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ARTICLES & OP-EDS | PUBLICATIONS | IN THE PRESS | INTERVIEWS | EVENTS | CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
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PUBLICATIONS
- China y EE.UU. en Latam: ¿quien gana?, July 30, 2013
- What Is at the Heart of the Argentina-Brazil Trade Dispute?, December 21, 2012.
- China's Free Trade Agreements in South America, November 12, 2012.
- What Would a Romney Victory Mean for Trade with the Region?, October 25, 2012.
- Is Ecuador in Danger of Losing U.S. Trade Preferences?, October 3, 2012.
- Are Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Talks Too Secretive?, September 28, 2012.
- Chinese Trade and Investment in Latin America: Perspectives from Colombia and Ecuador, September 21 2012.
- How Important is European Union-Latin American Trade?, July 16, 2012
- How Important Are Trade Relations Between the U.S and Ecuador?, June 22, 2012.
- How Will New Trade Rules Affect Argentina's Economy?, February 7, 2012.
- Was the U.S Speaker's Visit a Step Toward Closer Trade Ties?, January 24, 2012.
- A Decade of Change: Political, Economic, and Social Developments in Western Hemisphere Affairs, September 7, 2011.
- Latin America's Response to Global Financial Instability, August 30, 2011.
- Latin America and the United States: Looking Towards 2020, September 7, 2011.
- Annual CAF Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas, September 7, 2011.
- Impact of Debt Crises in Europe and the United States on Latin America, May 23, 2011.
- Latin America's Rapid Recovery, March 3, 2011
- Linking the economic reforms and micro-entrepreneurship among remittances recipients in Cuba, May 2, 2011
- Uneven Progress in Latin America for 2011, January 12, 2011.
- Rising Confidence in Latin America, January 1, 2011
- Declining Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Progress? June 24, 2010.
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IN THE PRESS
- Sunlight on remittances, Manuel Orozco in Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2013.
- No cesan las dudas sobre el Gran Canal, Margaret Myers in La Prensa, June 29, 2013.
- Nicaragua's Canal: Chinese Tycoon Wang Jing Wants to Build It, Margaret Myers in Bloomberg, June 27, 2013.
- Ecuador breaks US trade pact to thwart 'blackmail'over Edward Snowden, Michael Shifter in The Guardian, June 27, 2013.
- Canal interoceánico nicaragüense ya tiene inversionistas, Margaret Myers in Portafolio, June 26, 2013.
- Nicaragua’s Chinese Canal: Behind the Audacious $40 Billion Bid to Build a Rival Panama Canal, Margaret Myers in TIME, June 13, 2013.
- The looming U.S.-China rivalry over Latin America, Michael Shifter in Reuters, June 12, 2013.
- Wang creó en tres semanas empresa del Gran Canal, Margaret Myers in Confidencial, June 12, 2013.
- Políticas para atraer inversión extranjera dan frutos, Margaret Myers in Vanguardia, June 7, 2013.
- Aliança do Pacífico avança rumo ao livre comércio, enquanto Mercosul estagna, Michael Shifter in EM, May 22, 2013.
- Latin America Alliance Summit Aims to Boost Trade, Integration, Shifter in Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2013.
- Latin America Seeks Asian Trade, Michael Shifter in Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2013.
- Where Trade Is Free, Powerful Economic Growth Is The Norm, Claudio Loser in Forbes, May 6, 2013.
- In role reversal, Latin America may help IMF, Michael Shifter in Washington Post, December 3, 2011.
- Colombia y Brasil buscan ser las potencias del futuro, Michael Shifter in Portafolio, August 7, 2011.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
MORE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIES
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ARTICLES & OPEDS
- World Trends and the Future of Arab Latin-American Relations, by Sergio Bitar, Arab Latin-American Forum, December 17, 2012.
- Will America Look South? US Policy in Latin America, by Michael Shifter, Royal United Services Institute, October 26, 2012.
- The Mercosul's Rush to Judgement, by Peter Hakim, O Estado de S. Paulo, September 25, 2012.
- Venezuela in Mercosur. What was Brazil Thinking?, by Peter Hakim, Latin Pulse, September 21, 2012.
- "The FTA, not such a happy story," by Michael Shifter, El Colombiano, October 18, 2011.
- "The Colombia and Panama Free Trade Deals: New Momentum for US-Latin American Relations?" by Peter Hakim, Infolatam, October 13, 2011.
- Humala y la política exterior: ¿más continuidad que cambio?, by Michael Shifter, Argumentos, July 26, 2011. (English)
- And It's Still the Economy by Peter Hakim in América Economía, March 11, 2010. (Español)
- Political Ramifications of the Economic Crisis by Peter Hakim in América Economía, September 14, 2009. (PDF)
- The Media Missed the Real Story in Cancun by Peter Hakim in América Economía, April 16, 2010. (Español)
- FDI in the Region Will Recover This Year after Sliding in 2009 by Alicia Bárcena in the Latin America Advisor, January 4, 2010.
- Latin America's Economic Growth Will Rebound in 2010 by Shelly Shetty in the Latin America Advisor, December 23, 2009.
EVENTS
- Will Latin America’s Economic Success be Sustained? A Historical Perspective, April 16, 2013.
- The Rise of The Latin American Middle Class, January 24, 2013.
- Deepening the Relationship:Prospects for US-Brazil Commercial and Bilateral Trades, January 15, 2013.
- The Mexican Diaspora Investment Partnership, October 14, 2011.
- A Conversation with Marcelo Zabalaga Estrada, President of the Bolivian Central Bank, September 23, 2011.
- Rising Brazil: Domestic and International Trends, September 22, 2011.
- Reassessing China-Mexico Competition, September 16, 2011.
- Assessing Dilma Rousseff's Approach to Chinese Competition, August 29, 2011.
- The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up. July 15, 2010.
- Discussion of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, July 8, 2011.
- Latin America’s Economic Outlook – How Should the Region Respond to Economic Success? May 24, 2011.
- Will Economic Change Threaten Cuba's Education Success? May 9, 201.1
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INTERVIEWS
The Financial Crisis from Inter-American Dialogue on Vimeo.
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