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Topic:Economic Integration
The United States and Mexico have undergone an accelerated process of economic integration over the past two decades. Trade has tripled between 1990 and 2008, influenced by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mexico is now the United States’ third largest trading partner and the second destination of exports, accounting for roughly one-eighth of all U.S. exports. Twenty-two American states depend on Mexico as their first or second destination for exports. The United States also depends on Mexico for more than one-tenth of its petroleum imports. Even the labor markets of the two countries have become increasingly intertwined, with immigrant workers from Mexico accounting for a significant part of U.S. labor market growth in the United States and contributing to the solvency of U.S. entitlement programs.
Despite these trends, not enough attention has been given to deepening economic integration beyond trade and investment. NAFTA did not attempt to stimulate the type of economic development needed to promote job creation and a more equitable income distribution. The Mexico Institute addresses the complexities that arise from North American economic integration as Mexico hopes to promote sustained economic growth and equitable development in a post-NAFTA era, and follows debates on energy, trade, and economic and social policy.
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Mexico Portal on Economic Integration
.JPG) The Mexico Portal on Economic Integration provides analysis and background on U.S.-Mexico economic relations and Mexico's development strategy.
Publications
 Oil in Mexico: Pozo de Pasiones
Author: Rossana Fuentes Berain
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 U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade and Rural Poverty in Mexico
Author: John Burstein
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Other Resources
NAFTA and the Mexican Economy
Congressional Research Service, November 2008
Pobreza Alimentaria en México (Interactive Map on Nutrional Poverty in Mexico) (in Spanish)
El Universal, 06/03/2007
External Shocks, Structural Change, and Economic Growth in Mexico,1979–2006
Robert A. Blecker, Department of Economics, American University, January 2008
Economic Survey of Mexico 2007
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, October 2007
The Politics of Patents and Drugs in Brazil and Mexico:
The Industrial Bases of Health Activism
Global Development and Environment Institute, December 2007
Report Archive
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Events
Renewing the Partnership between the United States and Mexico: Shared Responsibility and Shared Strategies
Monday, June 08 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico; José Antonio Fernández, Chair and CEO, FEMSA; Roger Wallace, Vice President, Pioneer Natural Resources; Maria Echaveste, President, Nueva Vista and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Clinton; Carlos Heredia, Researcher, CIDE and former Congressman; Jim Kolbe, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates and former Congressman; Jim Jones, President, Manatt Jones and former Ambassador to Mexico; Andrés Rozental, President, Rozental y Asociados & former Deputy Foreign Minister; Javier Treviño, Vice President, Cemex and former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Philip Bennett, Senior Advisor, Washington Post Group and former Managing Editor, Washington Post; Roderic Ai Camp, McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College; Luís de la Calle, Founding Partner of De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, S.C. (CMM); Rossana Fuentes-Berain, Vice President, Grupo Editorial Expansión; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Diana Negroponte, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Peter Smith, Simon Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies, UCSD; Raúl Rodríguez Barocio, Chair, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University and former Director, NADBank
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Oil Security and Friendly Suppliers: Where Are We Now?
Thursday, May 14 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Joseph Dukert, Independent Energy Consultant;
Duncan Wood, Director, Canadian Studies Program and Undergraduate International Relations Program, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Otavio Cintra, Senior Vice President, Downstream, Petrobras America, Inc.
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Does North America Exist?: Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11
Monday, March 30 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Stephen Clarkson, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto; Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Charles Doran, Director, Center of Canadian Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations, and Director, Center for North American Studies, American University
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Transnational Integration Regimes as
Development Programs
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Gerald A. McDermott, Associate Professor, Sonoco International Business Department, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
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U.S. Policy Towards Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges
Tuesday, February 24 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
with Harriet C. Babbitt, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss and Salmon, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States; James Jones, Chairman, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress; and Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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