Related Web Sites

• Institutions
• Business-Related
• Partners' Sites
• Academic/Research

NAFTA Institutions

• NAFTA Secretariat
  Secretariat's mandate; searchable text of the NAFTA; NAFTA rules, dispute settlement process and decisions; coordinates of national secretariats.
• Commission for Labor Cooperation (CLC)
  Commission's mandate and activities; announcements; full text of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; publications; public consultations.
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
  Commission's mandate and activities; announcements; full text of the North American Agreement on Environmental cooperation; publications; public consultations.
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal
• NAFTA Customs

See Doing Business in the NAFTA Region

• Secretary of the Economy-Mexico (Secretaría de Economía- SECON)
• Office of the United States Trade Representative
• United States International Trade Commission

• The Impact of FTA/NAFTA on Canada: What Does the Recent Literature Say?
  Reference document primarily intended to serve as a tool for analysts and researchers interested in the NAFTA and North American economic integration. The main objective of this project is to better comprehend and catalogue the main topics, issues, and points of contention within the prevailing NAFTA-related literature.

• Free Trade @ Ten Conference
  held in Montreal June 4-5, 1999 and organized by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. A Conference on the 10th Anniversary of the Canada/United States Free Trade Agreement and the 5th Anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

• Canadian Foundation for the Americas
  The Canadian Foundation for the Americas focuses on hemispheric integration. Its publications are available on-line.

• C.D. Howe Institute
  The C.D. Howe Institute researches public policy issues primarily related to business, trade and economics. Its publications are listed, although they are not available on-line.

• Carlton Centre for Trade Policy and Law
  The Center for Trade Policy and Lawis affiliated with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. It focuses its activities and research on Canadian trade issues and its publications are listed online.

• The Fraser Institute
  The Fraser Institute is a free market-oriented think tank and many of its publications are listed online, although they are not available.

U.S.-based:

• Border Trade Institute
  The Border Trade Institute (at Texas A&M University) tracks transport crossings, import/export flows of goods and other bilateral commerce between the US and Mexico.

• Brookings Institute
  The Brookings Institute researches a diverse range of public policy issues including economic policy and U.S. foreign policy and NAFTA. Its publications are available on-line.

• CATO Institute
  The CATO Institute focuses on various public policy issues, including international trade and economics through the newly created Center for Trade Policy Studies. There is also a search engine and publications are available on-line.

• Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade
  Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at Texas A&M University, Texas A&M International University, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas at Austin. Research focuses include Latin American integration, the environment and border issues.

• Economic Policy Institute
  The Economic Policy Institute researches economic issues, including NAFTA, from a critical perspective. Its publications are available on-line.

• The Heritage Institute
  The Heritage Institute conducts research on a comprehensive range of issues including economic and trade policy. This Web site includes a search engine and on-line publications.

• Institute for International Economics
  The Institute of International Economics conducts extensive research into economic and trade-related public policy issues, including NAFTA. This Web site includes a search engine and on-line publications.

• National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
  The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade covers a wide range of hemispheric trade issues with a focus on Latin America. The Center produces the by weekly Inter-American Trade Report and other publication abstracts are also available online.

• North American Institute
  The North American Institute emphasizes NAFTA-related issues and concerns regarding the economy, social justice and the environment. It produces a by-weekly electronic magazine on NAFTA.