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Negotiating NAFTA A Mexican Envoy's Account
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Hermann von Bertrab
ISBN: 0-275-95935-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95935-7
196 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/1997
List Price: $36.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: The Washington Papers
Description: In his foreword to the book, Sidney Weintraub argues that the negotiations leading to the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may be the most important between the United States and Mexico since the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago. This book examines those negotiations from the vantage point of one of the key Mexican officials, Hermann von Bertrab. As an insider, but as someone on the other side of the discussions, he provides a prospective rarely offered of contemporary American foreign and economic policymaking.

Concentrating on the negotiations between the United States and Mexico, with some analysis of the Canadian component, von Bertrab characterizes the discussions as moving through four stages: an initial fast track, the detailed examination of the proposals, a stage of mobilization political support and working out side agreements, and a ratification stage. All in all, a fascinating report on a major diplomatic event and an opportunity to see ourselves as we are seen by foreign officials. Of considerable interest to scholars and researchers of contemporary American foreign and economic policymaking and Latin American Studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Sidney Weintraub
    Introduction
    The Fast Track
    The Negotiations
    The Political Stage and Side Agreements
    The Ratification
    Epilogue
About the Author: HERMANN von BERTRAB joined the Mexican government to assist in the NAFTA process. /e Prior to that he held leading positions at various Mexican financial institutions and taught economics at several universities.
LCC Class: 382
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