A Critical Look at NAFTA Past, Present and Future
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Mexico: So Far from God, So Close to Wall Street
Economic Policy Institute 1225 Eye Street, NW Suite 600, Washington, DC, United StatesJeff Faux, the founding president of EPI who now lives part of the year in Mexico, and Manuel Pérez-Rocha, of IPS and the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, will lead a brown-bag discussion on current U.S. economic policy toward our troubled neighbor to the south, the effects of neoliberalism and deregulation, and just alternatives.
Bring your lunch and join the conversation! No RSVP is required. For more information, call (202) 533-2555.
Jeff Faux, Founding President of EPI, now lives part of the year in Mexico Manuel Perez Rocha, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
Panel Discussion: Mexico in 2010: A Year of Celebration and Political and Economic Challenge
IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesThe year 2010 will mark a double celebration for Mexicans: the bicentennial of its independence from Spanish rule and the first centennial of the Mexican revolution that gave way to its modern political life. However, amidst the celebration, the country is facing one of the most challenging times in its modern history.
Despite the fact that Mexico has achieved a successful transition into a multi-party system that allows for political succession, it is also evident that after the year 2000 — when the PRI was voted out for the first time in 70 years — Mexico still requires profound institutional renovation. Democratic development in Mexico has revealed the limitations and insufficiencies of the old forms of governance.
On the economic front, 2009 has been a year in which Mexico has sunk into a deep economic crisis as a result of its profound dependence on the U.S. economy. NAFTA facilitated the concentration of economic activity in a few exporting activities and a few exporters. The result is that the U.S. recession has hit Mexico much harder than any other country in Latin America. Unemployment is rampant, thousands of small and medium companies have gone bankrupt, and millions have joined the ranks of poverty.
Panelists:
Alfonso Durazo was a senior advisor to President Vicente Fox before he publicly resigned and authored a book about his disagreement with the administration: Saldos del Cambio, Una Crítica Política de la Alternancia (Results of Mexico's Change, A Political Critique of "Change" in Mexican Government). He has written for important Mexican publications such as Reforma and Proceso, and holds M.P.A. and J.D. degrees from UNAM and a Phd from Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.
Timothy A. Wise is Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. He specializes in trade, agriculture, and rural development. He is the co-author of The Promise and the Perils of Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Lessons from Latin America, and Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico.Moderator: Sarah Anderson, director of the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Note: Part of the discussion will be in Spanish. Translation will be provided. To attend, please contact Manuel Pérez-Rocha, tel: 240-838-6623, email: manuel (at) ips-dc (dot) org.
NAFTA’s Impact on Communities and The Environment
Communications Workers of America 501 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin IPS Global Economy project and co-sponsors for a forum examining 20 years of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Congressional Briefing: From NAFTA to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Capitol Visitors Center SVC-201 Washington, DC, United StatesYou're invited to a congressional briefing with IPS’ Global Economy project and others on the 20th anniversary of NAFTA to reflect upon the agreement’s harmful effects on North American communities and the environment, and how negotiations for more free trade agreements threaten people everywhere.
The Price of NAFTA
Online (Eastern time)A Trade Justice Alliance webinar.
NAFTA 2.0: Fix it or Nix it Live Webinar
Zoom WebinarJoin IPS's Manuel Pérez-Rocha and an array of dynamic panelist for an important opportunity to provide our movement with information about the impact that NAFTA has had and how Trump's NAFTA could continue to harm working people and the environment in all three countries.