Download or read book Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues Summary The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) was a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to increase cooperation and information sharing for the purpose of increasing and enhancing se [...] At the 2007 North American Leaders' Summit in Montebello, Canada, the leaders announced the following priorities for the SPP: (1) Enhancement of the Global Competitiveness of North America, (2) Safe Food and Products, (3) Sustainable Energy and the Environment, (4) Smart and Secure Borders, and (5) Emergency Management and Preparedness. [...] The primary purpose of the initiative was to improve cooperative efforts among the three countries in areas related to economic prosperity and the protection of the environment, the food supply, and public health.1 The initial plan included the establishment of a number of security and prosperity working groups in each of the two categories. [...] The U. S. government website on the SPP states that it has been archived and will not be updated.2 Working Group Proposals and Priorities In 2005 and 2006, the SPP working groups provided annual reports to the three leaders of North America on the work and key accomplishments of the working groups. [...] The proposals related to trade and commerce included a signed Framework of Common Principles for Electronic Commerce; liberalization of Rules of Origin; a Memorandum of Understanding between Canada and the United States to exchange information and cooperate on activities relating to consumer product safety and health; harmonization of the use of care symbols on textiles and apparel 1 See Security.
Download or read book Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America written by M. Angeles Villarreal and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), which was a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to increase cooperation and information sharing for the purpose of increasing and enhancing security and prosperity in North America.
Download or read book Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America An Overview and Selected Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) was a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to increase cooperation and information sharing for the purpose of increasing and enhancing security and prosperity in North America. President Obama met with Mexican President Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Harper at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico in August 2009. The three leaders discussed key issues that affect the three countries and agreed to continue cooperation in these areas, but there was no mention of continuing the SPP. It is unclear what course of action will be taken under President Barack Obama's Administration with regard to the former SPP initiatives. The U.S. government website on the SPP states that it has been archived and will not be updated. The SPP was a government initiative that was endorsed by the Canada, Mexico, and the United States between 2005 and 2008, but it was not a signed agreement or treaty and, therefore, contained no legally binding commitments or obligations. It could, at best, be characterized as an endeavor by the three countries to facilitate communication and cooperation across several key policy areas of mutual interest. Although the SPP built upon the existing trade and economic relationship of the three countries, it was not a trade agreement and distinct from the existing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Some key issues for Congress regarding the SPP concerned possible implications related to private sector priorities, national sovereignty, transportation corridors, cargo security, and border security.
Download or read book Negotiating North America written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) is a process of technical negotiations on economic and security rules and regulations conducted by working-level counterparts in the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It was launched in March 2005 at a summit hosted by President George W. Bush in Waco, Texas and is now in its third year of operation with a North American leaders' summit planned for Montebello, Quebec August 20-21, 2007. The SPP process is the vehicle for the discussion of future arrangements for economic integration to create a single market for goods and services in North America, and future arrangements for security against potential terrorist attacks on this continent.
Download or read book Security and prosperity partnership of North America written by Kanada Government and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saving the North American security and prosperity partnership written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-branding the SPP talks and making them more productive, as well as explaining the specific objectives of the talks to the public must be the priority of the SPP summit in April 2008. [...] The catalyst for the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) initiative was the shocks resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which lowered the level of predictability and stability in conducting business in North America. [...] How Canada Can Benefit by Using the SPP to Reduce Trade Barriers The paragraphs below offer snapshots of selected Canadian trade and regulatory inter- ests and the relevance of the SPP framework in trying to reduce the costs they face. [...] Measuring the Results of the SPP The SPP clearly promises to advance Canadian interests in the short run-as Canada is the bigger exporter in the current relationship-and will benefit all three countries in the long run, but the question is whether it has done so. [...] The Value of the SPP Process In addition to the outcomes listed above, the SPP process itself is of value.
Download or read book Enhancing Competitiveness in Canada Mexico and the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report to Leaders written by Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Security and Prosperity written by Canadian Council of Chief Executives and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meeting the Global Challenge written by North American Competitiveness Council and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abolishing the USA written by Bill Jasper and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posits that the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America poses a threat to the sovereignty and security of the United States.
Download or read book Enhancing competitiveness in Canada Mexico and the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The section on border-crossing facilitation makes recommendations for action in the following areas: emergency management and post-incident resumption of commerce, expansion and improvements to border infrastructure, the movement of goods, and the movement of people. [...] The NACC simply sees huge potential for greater cooperation-in managing borders, regulation, energy, and many other issues affecting the quality of life of the citizens of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, from responses to emergencies and pandemics to the environment and education. [...] By working together to make the most of the diverse strengths that Canada, Mexico, and the United States bring to the table, we can once again forge ahead of the pack and show the rest of the world how much can be accomplished by three great nations devoted to a common cause. [...] The Leaders decided, however, that to build on the momentum of this work to accelerate progress toward the goal of making North America the most economically dynamic region in the world as well as a secure home for the citizens of all three countries, the SPP would benefit from more direct advice from the front lines of global commerce. [...] Recognizing that private sector involvement is key to enhancing North America's competitive position in global markets and is the driving force behind innovation and growth, with the creation of the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) the Leaders provided a voice and a role for the private sector in the SPP process.
Download or read book North America The Energy Picture II written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 23, 2005, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and U.S. President George W. Bush announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP or the Partnership) in Waco, Texas. In order to achieve the SPP's broader commitment of ensuring security and enhancing development in North America, the SPP included six Security Working Groups and 10 Prosperity Working Groups, designed to promote greater cooperation and information sharing in various areas, including a prosperity working group focused on energy. In energy, it was agreed by all three countries that the cooperative efforts under the SPP would continue to occur under the ongoing North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG), with new initiatives to be added as part of the recently established Partnership.
Download or read book Economic Political and Social Issues of North America written by Michelle L. Fergusson and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents and discusses important political and economic changes in North America. Topics discussed herein include security and prosperity partnership of North America; border security; foreign aid; the global financial crisis; the electoral college and presidential elections; the budget resolution and spending legislation; immigration of foreign workers; and the National Security Council.
Download or read book The Security and Prosperity Partnership and the North American Competitiveness Agenda written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Does North America Exist written by Stephen Clarkson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, renowned public intellectual and scholar Stephen Clarkson asks whether North America "exists" in the sense that the European Union has made Europe exist. Clarkson's rigorous study of the many political and economic relationships that link Canada, the United States, and Mexico answers this unusual question by looking at the institutions created by NAFTA, a broad selection of economic sectors, and the security policies put in place by the three neighbouring countries following 9/11. This detailed, meticulously researched, and up-to-date treatment of North America's transborder governance allows the reader to see to what extent the United States' dominance in the continent has been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with its two continental partners. An illuminating product of seven years' political-economy, international-relations, and policy research, Does North America Exist? is an ambitious and path-breaking study that will be essential reading for those wanting to understand whether the continent containing the world's most powerful nation is holding its own as a global region.
Download or read book Topological Prosperity written by Harrison Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis synthesizes theoretical and methodological insights of actor-network theory with the political economy of communication in order to trace the history of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, 2005-2009. The purpose is to demonstrate how a power elite of transnational corporate actants are increasingly structuring transnational border policy, encouraging the deployment of ubiquitous surveillance technology and the liberalization of transborder data flows and markets, primarily for the purposes of maximizing capital accumulation, ideological legitimation and the suppression of resistance. This hybridization of state and corporate actants exemplifies how prosperity partnerships and other similar informal working groups are increasingly being used as powerful vehicles for mobilizing the private sector into influencing border policies throughout North America, effectively creating powerful socio-technical scenarios for influencing global markets. The argument advanced is that borders are increasingly becoming topological spaces which unevenly distributed objects and people across various networks and flows, in turn re-shaping urban landscapes towards private interests. As such, topological prosperity entails configuring networked infrastructures and spaces such as borders and airports in ways which favour particular socio-economic groups, primarily an ascending global economic elite.
