Mexico: Outlook and U.S. Relations ( Latin American Political, Economic, and Security Issues )

Publication series :Latin American Political, Economic, and Security Issues

Author: Ryan B. Marrone;Van B. Gallo  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781626183315

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781626183308

Subject: D73/77 National Politics

Keyword: 各国政治,政治、法律

Language: ENG

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Mexico: Outlook and U.S. Relations

Chapter

Energy Reform and Cooperation: The Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement

OUTLOOK

End Notes

Chapter 2 U.S.-MEXICO ECONOMIC RELATIONS: TRENDS, ISSUES, AND IMPLICATIONS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

U.S.-MEXICO ECONOMIC RELATIONS

U.S.-Mexico Trade

Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment

Mexico’s Export-Oriented Assembly Plants

Mexico’s Regulations for Manufacturing Plants

Plants and Employment Levels

Worker Remittances to Mexico

Regulatory Cooperation

THE MEXICAN ECONOMY

History of Economic Reforms

Current Economic Conditions

Informality and Poverty

Energy Sector

Mexico’s Regional Free Trade Agreements

PROPOSED TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AGREEMENT

NAFTA AND THE U.S.-MEXICO ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP

Effects on the U.S. Economy

Effects on the Mexican Economy

MEXICAN TRUCKING ISSUE

Bush Administration Pilot Program for Mexican Trucks

Mexico’s Retaliatory Tariffs

U.S. Concept Document for Long Haul Trucking

Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions

OTHER TRADE ISSUES

Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Dispute

2006 Sugar Dispute

APPENDIX A. MAP OF MEXICO

End Notes

Chapter 3 MEXICO AND THE 112TH CONGRESS

SUMMARY

U.S. Policy

Legislative Action

BACKGROUND ON MEXICO

Political Developments during the Calderón Administratio

July 1, 2012, Elections: Outcome and Political Transition

Drug Trafficking and Heightened Violence and Crime in Mexico

Economic Conditions

Social Conditions

Foreign Policy

MEXICAN-U.S. RELATIONS: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS

U.S. Assistance to Mexico

Merida Initiative

Non-Merida Assistance Programs

Department of Defense Support to Mexico

Bilateral Cooperation on Counternarcotics and Security Efforts

Overview of Related Southwest Border Initiatives

Money Laundering and Bulk Cash Smuggling

Firearms Trafficking

Alien Smuggling and Human Trafficking

Human Rights

Conditions and Mexican Efforts to Improve

Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Assistance to Mexico

Migration

Trends in Mexican Immigration to the United States

Mexico’s Immigration Policies

Efforts to Enact Immigration Reform in the United States

Energy and Environmental Issues

Oil Production in Mexico and Efforts to Reform PEMEX

U.S.-Mexican Energy and Environmental Cooperation

United States-Mexico Trans-Boundary Hydrocarbons Agreement

Trade Issues

Functioning of NAFTA Institutions

Trade Disputes and Emerging Trade Issues

Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

LEGISLATION ENACTED IN THE 112TH CONGRESS

End Notes

Chapter 4 JUDICIAL AND POLICE REFORMS IN MEXICO: ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A LAWFUL SOCIETY

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

INTRODUCTION

RECOMMENDATIONS

THE MERIDA INITIATIVE

POLICE REFORMS

JUDICIAL REFORMS

FUTURE OF BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION

End Notes

Chapter 5 OIL, MEXICO, AND THE TRANSBOUNDARY AGREEMENT

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

OVERSIGHT STUDY

MEXICAN OIL AND GAS: CRITICAL FOR MEXICO’S PROSPERITY, IN CRITICAL NEED OF REFORM

Progress, but Can It Last? A Snapshot of Mexico’s Oil Sector

Natural Gas: An Emerging Priority

Considerations in Oil Reform Policy and Politics

TRANSBOUNDARY AGREEMENT

Why the TBA Matters

North American Energy Security

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCING U.S.-MEXICO BILATERAL COOPERATION

APPENDIX I.— TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CONCERNING TRANSBOUNDARY HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

EXPLORATION. AND EXPLOITATION OF A TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIR OR UNIT

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

OPERATING AGREEMENT

Article 10

Article 11

Article 12

Article 13

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 14

SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Article 15

Article 16

Article 17

INSPECTIONS, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Article 18

Article 19

FINAL CLAUSES

Article 20

Article 21

Article 22

Article 23

Article 24

Article 25

End Notes

INDEX

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