scholarly journals Estados Unidos e NAFTA

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-634
Author(s):  
Angelo Raphael Mattos ◽  
Karina Lilia Pasquariello Mariano

O artigo analisa os principais argumentos que permearam a renegociação do North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, na sigla em inglês), do ponto de vista dos Estados Unidos, advindos tanto do Executivo quanto do Legislativo e de coalizões internas norte-americanas. O objetivo foi demonstrar a hipótese de que a radicalização do discurso presidencial foi uma estratégia para garantir tanto melhores condições de negociação, como a própria aprovação do acordo.  Para tanto, foi feito um mapeamento das declarações de grupos domésticos, como de empresas, associações e governos estaduais, e de estudos oficiais do serviço de pesquisa congressual sobre temas de política externa e de suas audiências. Isso possibilitou identificar os setores de apoio e oposição às negociações, e como o comportamento radicalizado do presidente estimulou a constituição de uma base de apoio à permanência dos EUA no NAFTA a partir da modernização do tratado, garantindo sua aprovação no Congresso.

1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier ◽  
Laura W. Arnold ◽  
Christopher J. W. Zorn

A critical element of decision making is the timing of choices political actors make; often when a decision is made is as critical as the decision itself. We posit a dynamic model of strategic position announcement based on signaling theories of legislative politics. We suggest that members who receive clear signals from constituents, interest groups, and policy leaders will announce their positions earlier. Those with conflicting signals will seek more information, delaying their announcement. We test several expectations by examining data on when members of the House of Representatives announced their positions on the North American Free Trade Agreement. We also contrast the timing model with a vote model, and find that there are meaningful differences between the factors influencing the timing of position announcements and vote choice. Our research allows analysts to interpret the process leading up to the House action and the end state of that process.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond E. Young

By virtue of the Constitution Act, 1982. Canada has established that some rights andfreedoms are beyond the reach ofgovernment. However, the protection of properly, especially with regard to the guaranteeing of compensation ifproperty is taken by the state, has not been elevated to this same level of constitutional protection. This article examines regulatory takings claims under Article 1110 ofthe North American Free Trade Agreement and provides an exposition of the law insofar as it has developed in the NAFTA context. It begins with a survey of constructive takings in international and domestic U.S. law and concludes by highlighting the obvious differences between the protection afforded to foreign NAFTA investors in Canada and domestic owners of properly when property is taken.


2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Susanto ◽  
C. Parr Rosson ◽  
Flynn J. Adcock

This paper examines the effect of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The results suggest that U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico have been responsive to tariff rate reductions applied to Mexican products. A one percentage point decrease in tariff rates is associated with an increase in U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico by 5.31% in the first 6 years of NAFTA and by 2.62% in the last 6 years of NAFTA. U.S. imports from Mexico have also been attributable to the pre-NAFTA tariff rates. Overall, the results indicate that the U.S-Mexico trade agreement under NAFTA has been trade creating rather than trade diverting.


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