Official Documents on NAFTA
NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT INDEX
http://www.naalc.org/english/infocentre/NAALC.htm
Labor Side Agreement: North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America, the Government of Canada and the Government of the United Mexican States, September 13, 1993 (signed parallel to NAFTA).
http://www.cec.org/pubs_info_resources/law_treat_agree/naaec/index.cfm?varlan=english
Environmental Side Agreement: North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation Between the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America (signed parallel to NAFTA).
http://www.ladas.com/BULLETINS/1994/NAFTAGATT.html
NAFTA and GATT Intellectual Property Issues: the impact of the GATT TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property laws and their implementation in the countries members of NAFTA and similarities between NAFTA and GATT intellectual property provisions.
http://www.nadbank-caip.org/caipguide/Guidelines2.doc
North American Development Bank: U.S. Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP): Guidelines for the CAIP. The Community Adjustment and Investment Program provides financial resources to assist in the creation or preservation of private sector jobs in United States communities that need assistance to adjust to significant job losses directly or indirectly attributable to changes in trade patterns with Canada or Mexico associated with the NAFTA.
http://www.shcp.gob.mx/english/ieo/n_docs1.html
Mexican Ministry of Finance: Economic Policy Guidelines for 2001. The document discusses main economic challenges for the year 2001, as well as the targeted inflation rate, growth rate and current account deficit; tightening of fiscal policy and means of achieving a sustainable growth rate.
http://www.embamexcan.com/english/economy/NAFTA.html
Mexican Embassy in Canada – North American Free Trade Agreement: Six Years Later. The report discusses the impact of NAFTA on economic development and trade in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. as well as the efficacy of the dispute resolution mechanisms provided for by NAFTA and the issues related to the Labor and Environmental Side Agreements.
http://www.nadbank.org/Reports/Annual_Report/eng/English.pdf
North American Development Bank – Annual Report from 1999-2000.
http://www.nadbank.org/Reports/Joint_Report/english/status_eng.pdf
Border Environment Cooperation Commission and NADB Joint Status Report.
http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/waste_award.pdf
Waste Management, Inc. v. United Mexican States, before the Arbitration Committee of NAFTA.
http://www.adr.org/rules/international/camca_rules.html
CAMCA (Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas) Mediation and Arbitration Rules, for the countries involved in the NAFTA area.
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/english/home.htm#intro
Official Summaries by the NAFTA Secretariat on Chapters Eleven, Fourteen, and Nineteen Dispute Settlement Provisions.
http://www.naftalaw.org/metalclad.pdf
Metalclad Corporation v. United Mexican States, Final Award, 2 September 2000.
http://www.cyberus.ca/~tweiler/methanex_01.pdf
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration, 2 July 1999.
http://www.naftalaw.org/methanex/Methanex - Statement of Defence.pdf
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Statement of Defense, 10 August 2000.
http://www.naftalaw.org/methanex/Methanex - Reply of Investors.pdf
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Investors Reply, 28 August 2000.
http://www.naftalaw.org/methanex/Methanex - Amicus Submission - IISD-1.pdf
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application for Amicus Standing - IISD, 25 August 2000.
http://www.naftalaw.org/methanex/Methanex - Amicus Decision.pdf
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Decision on Authority to Accept Amicus Submissions, 15 January 2001.
http://www.naftalaw.org/Trucking Services Award.pdf
United States – In the Matter of Cross-Border Trucking Services, Chapter Twenty Arbitration Panel report, interpreting Chapters Eleven and Fourteen obligations, 6 February 2001.
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/FTAAreport-full-e.asp
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), Canadian Government Response to the Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade - "The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Towards a Hemispheric Agreement in the Canadian Interest"
http://www.citizen.org/pctrade/nafta/reports/5years.htm
Public Citizen NGO “grading” NAFTA after 5 years of existence.
The Report on the North American Free Trade Agreement and Mexico's Economic Development, prepared by Dr. E. Dussel for CEPAL/ECLAC (available only in Spanish).
http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/9/5579/P5579.xml&xsl=/tpl/a13f.xsl
The Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico (Oct. 2000), prepared by Dr. E. Dussel for CEPAL/ECLAC (available only in Spanish).