Chapter
Energy Reform and Cooperation: The Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement
Chapter 2 U.S.-MEXICO ECONOMIC RELATIONS: TRENDS, ISSUES, AND IMPLICATIONS
U.S.-MEXICO ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment
Mexico’s Export-Oriented Assembly Plants
Mexico’s Regulations for Manufacturing Plants
Plants and Employment Levels
Worker Remittances to Mexico
History of Economic Reforms
Current Economic Conditions
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
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
Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Dispute
APPENDIX A. MAP OF MEXICO
Chapter 3 MEXICO AND THE 112TH CONGRESS
Political Developments during the Calderón Administratio
July 1, 2012, Elections: Outcome and Political Transition
Drug Trafficking and Heightened Violence and Crime in Mexico
MEXICAN-U.S. RELATIONS: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
U.S. Assistance to Mexico
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
Alien Smuggling and Human Trafficking
Conditions and Mexican Efforts to Improve
Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Assistance to Mexico
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
Functioning of NAFTA Institutions
Trade Disputes and Emerging Trade Issues
Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
LEGISLATION ENACTED IN THE 112TH CONGRESS
Chapter 4 JUDICIAL AND POLICE REFORMS IN MEXICO: ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A LAWFUL SOCIETY
FUTURE OF BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION
Chapter 5 OIL, MEXICO, AND THE TRANSBOUNDARY AGREEMENT
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
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
EXPLORATION. AND EXPLOITATION OF A TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIR OR UNIT
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSPECTIONS, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION