Requiem or Revival?: The Promise of North American Integration

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xi AD/CVD: antidumping/countervailing duties APEC Forum: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum Aramco: Saudi Arabian Oil Company CAFTA: Central American Free Trade Agreement Caricom: Caribbean Community CGE model: computable general equilibrium model CFR: Council on Foreign Relations CG18: Consultative Group of Eighteen CREST: Center for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Cocex: Interministerial Commission on Trade Policy in Mexico Coece: Foreign Trade Business Coordination Council of Mexico Conapo: National Population Council, Mexico CTD: Committee on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization CUSFTA: Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement DGMCA: General Directorate for Mexican Communities Abroad EC: European Commission EEC: European Economic Community EFTA: European Free Trade Association Abbreviations 00-8201-8 fm.qxd 8/1/07 4:42 PM Page xi xii Abbreviations EPA: Environmental Protection Agency, United States EU: European Union FDI: foreign direct investment FSC: foreign sales corporation FTA: Free Trade Agreement FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas G7/G8: Group of 7 / Group of 8 most developed nations G20/G21: Group of 20 / Group of 21 developing country bloc, World Trade Organization GAO: Government Accountability Office, United States GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP: gross domestic product GHE: greenhouse emissions GPT: General Preferential Tariff, Canada GSP: Generalized System of Preferences H-O: Heckscher-Ohlin trade theorem IADB: Inter-American Development Bank ICT: information and communication technology IEA: International Energy Agency IFI: international financial institutions ILO: International Labor Organization IMF: International Monetary Fund IPRs: intellectual property rights IRCA: Immigration Reform and Control Act, 1986 ISI: import-substitution industrialization LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean LDCs: less developed countries LNG: liquefied natural gas MDGs millennium development goals, United Nations META: Middle East Trade Area Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market MFA: Multi Fiber Arrangement MFN: most-favored nation MRE: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil MSC: multiple service contract MTN: multilateral trade negotiations NACEC: North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation NACLC: North American Commission for Labor Cooperation NADBank: North American Development Bank 00-8201-8 fm.qxd 8/1/07 4:42 PM Page xii Abbreviations xiii NAEWG: North American Energy Working Group NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement NAMA: nonagricultural market access NGO: nongovernmental organization NSF: National Science Foundation OAS: Organization of American States ODA: official development assistance OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries PAN: National Action Party, Mexico Pemex: Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico’s state-owned oil company) PRD: Revolutionary Democratic Party, Mexico PRI: Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico Prosec: Sectoral Development Program, Mexico PSA: public service agreement R & D: research and development RTA: regional trade agreement SARE: Rapid System for Company Establishment Program, Mexico SDT: special and differential treatment SMEs: small- and medium-sized enterprises SPP: Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America TAA: trade adjustment assistance TFP: total factor productivity TIEA: Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement TPA: Trade Promotion Authority, U.S. president TRCB: trade-related capacity building TRIPS: trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights TRIMs: trade-related investment measures UN: United Nations UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees UR: Uruguay Round URAA: Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture USAID: United States Agency for International Development ODA: official development assistance, United States USTR: United States trade representative WCSB: Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin WMD: weapons of mass destruction WTO: World Trade Organization WTO-DSU: World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Understanding 00-8201-8 fm.qxd 8/1/07 4:42 PM Page xiii 00-8201-8 fm.qxd 8/1/07 4:42 PM Page xiv ...