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By the Numbers: How important is trade with Mexico & Canada to the United States? – Council for North American Policy | Council for North American Policy

By the Numbers: How important is trade with Mexico & Canada to the United States? – Council for North American Policy | Council for North American Policy

Posted by | Nov 27, 2013 | , |

One of the best way to understand the importance of trade with Mexico and Canada to the United States’ economy is to put in on perspective to the total trade with the rest of the world.via By the Numbers: How important is trade with Mexico & Canada to the United States? – Council for North American Policy | Council for North American...

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How much discretion does Obama have in setting deportation priorities? | PBS NewsHour | Nov. 26, 2013 | PBS

How much discretion does Obama have in setting deportation priorities? | PBS NewsHour | Nov. 26, 2013 | PBS

Posted by | Nov 27, 2013 | |

While immigration reform currently seems politically out of reach, hundreds of thousands of undocumented residents are still being deported. Gwen Ifill gets viewpoints on the debate over deportation from Marielena Hincapié of the National Immigration Law Center and David Martin of the University of Virginia School of Law.via How much discretion does Obama have in setting deportation priorities? | PBS NewsHour | Nov. 26, 2013 |...

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What Weve Learned From Nafta – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com

What Weve Learned From Nafta – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com

Posted by | Nov 25, 2013 | |

As the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement approaches, U.S. representatives are negotiating a trans-Pacific trade arrangement that could have even greater impact. Can our experience with Nafta provide lessons on what we should emulate or avoid in the latest trade agreement? Has Nafta proved to be a success that the United States should try to replicate more widely or the type of trade agreement that should be avoided in the future?via What Weve Learned From Nafta – Room for Debate –...

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In Middle of Mexico, a Middle Class Rises – NYTimes.com

In Middle of Mexico, a Middle Class Rises – NYTimes.com

Posted by | Nov 22, 2013 | |

A decade ago, Ivan Zamora, 23, might have already left for the United States. Instead, he graduated in May from a gleaming new university here, then moved on to an engineering internship at one of the many multinational companies just beyond the campus gates.His days now begin at dawn inside the new Volkswagen factory a short walk away, and when he leaves at night, he joins a rush of the upwardly mobile — from the cavernous new Pirelli plant next door, an array of Japanese car-parts suppliers and a new Nivea plant on a grassy hillside.via In Middle of...

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