The relationship between international commerce and sustainable development is the subject of much controversy that is exacerbated by geographic boundaries that are co-jointly developed, shaped, and sustained by regional trade agreements. The outcomes of three Americas trade agreements – NAFTA, CAFTA, ...
For example, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) enacted between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico facilitates trade among these countries through tariff reductions and elimination. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), shown below, provides for the free exchange of trade,...
Against this backdrop, the depiction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1992 between Canada, Mexico and the US, by President Clinton in 1993 as the first agreement that ever really got "any teeth in what another country had to do with its own workers and its o...
The company argued that by not granting a further exploration permit, El Salvador violated investment law.Footnote5Several civil society members engaged in the discussion and submitted opinion letters on the litigation. In the end, the tribunal under CAFTA sided with the state and argued that the ...
For example, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) enacted between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico facilitates trade among these countries through tariff reductions and elimination. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), shown below, provides for the free exchange of trade, ...
(APEC), which was established as a mechanism to foster the creation of a free-trade area, is a good example of loose regionalism, and NAFTA, as a full-fledged free-trade area that falls short of being an economic union, exemplifies a category intermediate between tight and loose regionalism...
The forewords to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada–EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the ECT contain allusions to the treaty purposes, including these references to the environment. The provision prescribing states’ continuing duty to impose environmental ...