Mexico : Economic, Political and Social Issues

MEXICO: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- MEXICO: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 IS NAFTA BEHIND THE MEXICAN EXPORT BOOM (1994-2000)? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE DATA -- 3. ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE MEXICAN FOREIGN TRADE -- 3.1. Exports -- 3.2. Imports -- 4. EXTENDING THE ANALYSIS TO DISAGGREGATE DATA -- 4.1. Existence of Long-Run Relationships in Disaggregate Data -- 4.1.1. Cointegration Tests for Disaggregate Exports -- 4.1.2. Cointegration Tests for Disaggregate Imports -- 4.2. Stability of the Long-Run Relationships of Disaggregate Data -- 4.3. Stability Tests for Disaggregate Exports -- 4.4. Stability Tests for Disaggregate Imports -- 5. ERROR-CORRECTION MODELS -- 5.1. Error-Correction Models for Disaggregate Exports -- 5.2. Error-Correction Models for Disaggregate Imports -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 MEXICO -- TRADE SUMMARY -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- IMPORT POLICIES -- Tariffs and Market Access -- Agricultural Products -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues -- Administrative Procedures and Customs Practices -- STANDARDS, TESTING, LABELING AND CERTIFICATION -- GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION -- Copyright Protection -- Patent, Trademark, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Chemical Data Protection -- Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) -- SERVICES BARRIERS -- Telecommunications -- Television and Radio -- Competition -- INVESTMENT BARRIERS -- Ownership Reservations -- Chapter 3 MEXICO-U.S. RELATIONS: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- ABSTRACT -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONSHIP -- Political Developments -- Heightened Violence in Mexico [3] -- Economic Conditions -- Socio-Economic Conditions -- Remittances -- Foreign Policy Challenges.