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 CIS NO: 93-H721-28
 TITLE: North American Free Trade Agreement: Mexico's Political and Legal
     Environment for Doing Business.
 SOURCE: Committee on Small Business. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+140 p.
 DATE: Feb. 25, 1993
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 103-1             SUDOC: Y4.SM1:103-4
 ITEM NO: 1031-A; 1031-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 94-3722

 Committee Serial No. 103-4. Hearing to assess the implications of the
 Mexican political and legal environment for U.S. businesses operating in
 Mexico under the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
 negotiated by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to promote the liberalization of
 trade and investment among the countries.
   Supplementary material (p. 47-140) includes witnesses' written statements
 and reports.
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement, Mexico political and
     legal environment implications for US businesses
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): COURTS; ADMINISTRATION OF
     JUSTICE; GOVERNMENT.AND.BUSINESS; NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
     (Mexico political and legal environment implications for US businesses);
     FOREIGN.INVESTMENTS; MEXICO; CANADA
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.103-182

 93-H721-28 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Feb. 25, 1993 p. 4-46, 53-133
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BAILEY, JOHN J. (Government Professor, Georgetown University)
     CASTANEDA, JORGE G. (Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of
        Public and International Affairs, Princeton University)
     REDING, ANDREW A. (Director, North America Project, World Policy
        Institute)
     ACOSTA URQUIDI, MARICLAIRE (President, Mexican Commission for the
        Defense and Promotion of Human Rights)
     AGUILAR ZINSER, ADOLFO (Professor and Senior Researcher, Center for
        the Studies of the U.S., National Autonomous University of Mexico)
     WHALEN, R. CHRISTOPHER (Director, Whalen Co)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Opposing views on NAFTA; differing perspectives
     on Mexican political and judicial systems; implications of Mexican
     political and legal environment for U.S. business operations, with
     concerns about lack of democratic process; need for expeditious
     ratification of NAFTA; merits of delaying NAFTA passage.
       Anticipated problems with NAFTA implementation related to social and
     economic disparities between Mexico and the U.S. and Canada; review of
     alleged suppression of human rights by the Mexican government, with
     policy recommendations; overview of the distribution of political power
     in Mexico; issues involved in NAFTA ratification.
 INSERTION: 
     -- CRS, alleged human and labor rights violations in Mexico,
        translation of reports, Apr. 6, 1993 (p. 92-133).
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement, Mexico political and
     legal environment implications for US businesses
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH
     SERVICE (Human and labor rights alleged violations in Mexico, rpts);
     LABOR (Human and labor rights alleged violations in Mexico, rpts);
     HUMAN RIGHTS; WORLD POLICY INSTITUTE; MEXICAN COMMISSION FOR THE
     DEFENSE AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; WHALEN CO.