Fifty Years of Change on the US Mexico Border or World Trading System

Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Growth, Development, and Quality of Life

Author: Joan B Anderson

The U.S. and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth over the last fifty years. In this analysis, Joan Anderson and James Gerber offer a new perspective on the changes and tensions pulling at the border from both sides through a discussion of cross-border economic issues and thorough analytical research that examines not only the dramatic demographic and economic growth of the region, but also shifts in living standards, the changing political climate, and environmental pressures, as well as how these affect the lives of people in the border region.

Creating what they term a Border Human Development Index, the authors rank the quality of life for every U.S. county and Mexican municipio that touches the 2,000-mile border. Using data from six U.S. and Mexican censuses, the book adeptly illustrates disparities in various aspects of economic development between the two countries over the last six decades.

Anderson and Gerber make the material accessible and compelling by drawing an evocative picture of how similar the communities on either side of the border are culturally, yet how divided they are economically. The authors bring a heightened level of insight to border issues not just for academics but also for general readers. The book will be of particular value to individuals interested in how the border between the two countries shapes the debates on quality of life, industrial growth, immigration, cross-border integration, and economic and social development.

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World Trading System: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations

Author: John H Jackson

Since the first edition of The World Trading System was published in 1989, the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations has been completed, and most governments have ratified and are in the process of implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the Uruguay Round, more than 120 nations negotiated for over eight years, to produce a document of some 26,000 pages. This new edition of The World Trading System takes account of these and other developments. Like the first edition, however, its treatment of topical issues is grounded in the fundamental legal, constitutional, institutional, and political realities that mold trade policy. Thus the book continues to serve as an introduction to the study of trade law and policy.

Two basic premises of The World Trading System are that economic concerns are central to foreign affairs, and that national economies are growing more interdependent. The author presents the economic principles of international trade policy and then examines how they operate under real- world constraints. In particular, he examines the extremely elaborate system of rules that governs international economic relations. Until now, the bulk of international trade policy has addressed trade in goods; issues inadequately addressed by policy include trade in services, intellectual property rights, certain investment measures, and agriculture.

The author highlights the tension between legal rules, designed to create predictability and stability, and the governments need to make exceptions to solve short-term problems. He also looks at weaknesses of international trade policy, especially as it applies to developing countriesand economies in transition. He concludes with a look at issues that will shape international trade policy well into the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Policies and Realities of International Economic Regulation	1
2	The International Institutions of Trade: The WTO and the GATT	31
3	National Institutions	79
4	Rule Implementation and Dispute Resolution	107
5	Tariff and Nontariff Barriers	139
6	The Most-Favored-Nation Policy	157
7	Safeguards and Adjustment Policies	175
8	National Treatment Obligations and Nontariff Barriers	213
9	Competing Policies and Ingenious Devices	229
10	Unfair Trade and the Rules of Dumping	247
11	The Perplexities of Subsidies in International Trade	279
12	The Uruguay Round "New Subjects": Extending the Scope and Competence of the World Trading System	305
13	Economies with Special Circumstances	319
14	Conclusions and Perspectives	339
	Notes	353
	Index	429