This paper urged the Clinton Administration not to negotatiate an environmental side accord to NAFTA, but rather to re-open NAFTA and include more stringent environmental protections in the trade treaty itself for fear that a side accord would be much weaker than what was needed

In this chapter, I seek to develop a theoretical account of how various elements of the NAFTA regime may affect domestic policy processes and outcomes in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with a particular focus on the environment as an illustrative issue area. To this end, I draw...