Region Related Event Feeds

Hemisphere Highlights Volume IX Issue 7 - October 2010

cwatson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Canadian prime minister vetoes proposal to extend the detention period for asylum seekers in Canada. Haiti prepares to elect a new president and legislators in November. Mexican president announces a plan to protect journalists in Mexico from drug violence.

DIIG Current Issues No. 22: Rare Earth Elements

gsanders — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

On 23rd September 2010, exports of rare earth elements (REEs) from China to Japan apparently stopped due to a dispute over maritime boundaries. This use of economic leverage to influence policy raised concerns about the impact of China’s strategic hold on these precious metals.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume IX Issue 4 - April 2010

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Energy ministers from across the Americas met with other groups to launch the Energy and Climate Partnerships of the Americas. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with officials from Peru, Colombia, and Barbados to strengthen military and security partnerships.

Issues in International Political Economy - The Unending Campaign against NAFTA - February 2010 - Number 122

adyne — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Many Mexicans and Americans display vague misgivings about the North American Free Trade Agreement; their comments indicate that this is largely because the agreement did not turn out to be a development panacea.The core of Mexico´s growth problem, in my view, is political—namely, the inability to deal with structural problems affecting taxes, energy, education, labor markets, monop

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume IX, Issue 9 - November 2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A backlog of immigrants seeking refugee status in Canada forced the Canadian government to announce new immigration reform. President Calderón dissolved the state-run electric company Luz y Fuerza, sparking political controversy in Mexico.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 8 - October 2009

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A water shortage in the capital of Mexico has prompted the government to take new measures to
prevent agricultural and health crises. Also in Mexico, federal agents targeted state and muncipal
police forces in Hidalgo on charges of colluding with drug traffickers. The Clinton Global Initiative has

Visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Washington

pfrank — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Q1: What is the purpose of Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Washington?

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 7 - July 2009

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

An overwhelming volume of refugee claims leads Canada to impose visa restrictions on Mexican citizens seeking to enter the country.

Hemisphere Highlights - Volume VIII, Issue 6 - June 2009

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The province of Alberta, Canada announces an extension of incentives to attract investment in the oil and gas sector.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 5 - May 2009

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative comes into effect for travelers entering the United States from Canada. Police raids in Mexico successfully arrest 30 suspected members of the La Familia drug cartel. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is appointed as a special envoy to Haiti by the United Nations.

Issues in International Political Economy: The Powerful Bank Lobbies

adyne — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

There are several realities that have to be addressed as the United States reconfigures its banking structure. The more we learn about the events that led to the disastrous economic collapse that continues to beset most of the world, the more incomprehensible the actions of the banks and mortgage companies look.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 4 - April 2009

Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Fifth Summit of the Americas conference takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Canada announces it will create a Canadian International Center for the Arctic Region in Norway to strengthen its voice on Arctic issues in Europe.

Ratification of the OAS Firearms Treaty

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Barack Obama announced on April 16 that he intends to seek ratification by the Senate of the 1998 Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Material (known as CIFTA).

Q1: What is CIFTA?

Prospects for the Summit of the Americas

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Barack Obama will take part in the Summit of the Americas meeting held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17–19.

Q1: What is the Summit of the Americas? Is it important? Why?

Opportunities for Obama in the Americas

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Obama administration has gotten off to an exceptionally promising start in activating relations with other countries in the Americas.

NAFTA Revisited

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

During the Democratic Party presidential primary race, both candidates stated that they wished to renegotiate NAFTA in order to strengthen the labor and environmental accords and make them part of

Issues in International Political Economy: Trade Policy Confusion

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

There are deep disagreements between different groups over the future of U.S. trade policy.

Issues in International Political Economy: Dealing with Neighbors

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Quite apart from the fact that the United States profits overall from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an important consideration lost in the bad-mouthing of the agreement by Senato

Issues in International Political Economy: Setting the Record Straight on NAFTA

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The misinformation that is being disseminated in the United States and Mexico about the North American Free Trade Agreement is overwhelming. The constant refrain by U.S.

Energy Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Is there a model for Western Hemisphere energy cooperation? How would individual countries and the hemisphere as a whole benefit from cooperative understandings for hemispheric oil and natural gas? What are the impediments to creating cooperative agreements, and how can the region overcome them? What would be the consequences of not adopting a plan for energy cooperation in the Americas?