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WTO / GATT Research
This new pathfinder from LLRX should help anyone doing research on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the preceding system under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The guide, which is focused on sources from the United States, gives pointers for research, covering a variety of materials in electronic, print, and microfiche formats. Resources are divided into eight sections... |
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https://www.llrx.com/2002/11/features-wtogatt-research/ |
Hoover Institution Homepage
Perhaps one of the most well-known research centers in the world, the Hoover Institution was founded by Herbert Hoover to collect and archive documents related to the causes and consequences of World War I, and soon grew into one of the largest libraries devoted solely to political, economic, and social change in the 20th century. Appropriately, the library and its holdings are prominently... |
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https://www.hoover.org/ |
South Centre
Based in Switzerland, South Centre is a multi-national organization which promotes the global organization of its 46 member nations in order to become "effective in mobilizing its considerable combined expertise and experience or its bargaining power." The site contains a large number of current working papers, South Centre's quarterly newsletter South Letter, and relevant links. |
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https://www.southcentre.int |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation: Press Releases
This current news site, from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an excellent way to keep track of environmental and regional issues related to trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. This news page includes hyperlinked, dated entries for each specific issue. |
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http://www.cec.org/ |
Economic Gains from Trade Liberalization: NAFTA's Impact
The October 1997 Chicago Fed Letter issue, "Economic Gains from Trade Liberalization - NAFTA's impact" by Michael A. Kouparitsas, (available in Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only) evaluates the gains from NAFTA. Recently, the debate over free trade has intensified in light of the failure of President Clinton to obtain fast-track authority from Congress. On September 17, 1997, President Clinton went... |
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https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/chicago-fed-letter/1... |
Senate Backs Mexican Truck Rules
In another embarrassment to President Bush, the Senate voted 70-30 yesterday to end a Republican filibuster and support efforts to impose stricter safety standards on Mexican trucks driving across the United States. Granting Mexican trucking companies access to American roads has been a contentious issue since the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. President Bush has stated that he wants to... |
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https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2001/0727 |
North American Integration & Development Center
The North American Integration and Development Center at the University of California-Los Angeles site provides information about the Center, including its publications and a NAFTA effects tracking database. |
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https://ssgs.ucla.edu/centers/north-american-integration-and... |
WTO Seattle Collection
Few were prepared for the events of November 30th, 1999 in the usually peaceable town of Seattle. As the World Trade Organization (WTO) began its opening conference ceremonies, protestors began to coalesce around the doors of the Washington State Convention Center. The protestors were there to protest many of the actions of the WTO, and by the end of the day this situation was quite chaotic as the... |
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https://content.lib.washington.edu/wtoweb/index.html |
Open Markets Matter: The Benefits of Trade and Investment Liberalization
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released this study to document "the contribution of trade and investment liberalization to wealth-creation and well-being." The study also recognizes the need to adopt policies to assist people who are adversely affected by liberalization in the economy. |
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https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/trade/open-markets-matter_9789... |
Washington Post: Trade Policy: On the Slow Track
The Washington Post Special on Free Trade contains articles on the debate over fast-track authority from Congress from the newspaper. Recently, the debate over free trade has intensified in light of the failure of President Clinton to obtain fast-track authority from Congress. On September 17, 1997, President Clinton went against the liberals in his own party to request fast-track authority from... |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/trade... |
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