NAFTA, WTO and Global Business Strategy: How AIDS, Trade and Terrorism Affect Our Economic Future

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Examines how NAFTA, WTO, and global business affect the major issues of our time. Condon explains key aspects of NAFTA and WTO rules on trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment and intellectual property protection and shows how these rules affect global business strategies. Cases are used to illustrate how these agreements work and how they affect crucial business interests. He examines the political context in which the negotiation and enforcement of trade agreements take place and how business people can enforce the rules and influence the negotiations to support global business strategies. He also shows how NAFTA, WTO, and global business strategy affect some of the major issues of our time, such as AIDS, global security, environmental protection, globalization protesters, and illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. Anyone doing business from, to, and within the NAFTA region will find this essential reading. NAFTA and WTO interact in ways that can make or break a company's strategy. Business strategists must consider the impact of today's rules and how future developments will affect them. However, as Condon makes clear, this book is about more than just business. The globalization of law and business affects the lives of everyone. Scholars, researchers, students, and international business professionals will find the book of value, as will those involved with financial services, international law, and international relations.

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"A rare book--Professor Condon makes clear what is often confusing, and interesting what is often dull. An excellent introduction to the entire field of trade regulation. A stimulating and accessible book for students and business people alike. Texts on trade regulation are often soporific. In Professor Condon's hands, the topic comes alive--the rules and theory are set firmly amid the real life problems with which they deal; and a difficult field is rendered readily accessible."-Ross Buckley Director, Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade & Finance, Bond University, Australia
"All people with interest in the future of the NAFTA region will find this book of great interest. If you are doing business in Mexico, you had better read this book."-Tapen Sinha, Seguros Comercial America Chair Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, ITAM, Mexico, Founder and Director, International Center for Pension Research, and Professor, School of Business, University of Nottingham, UK
"An important and timely contribution to the globalization debate. If you want to understand how trade agreements affect globalization, the AIDS crisis, the global environment, and the future of North America, read this book."-Bryan Husted, Professor of Management, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and Chair of Business Ethics, Instituto de Empresa
"An indispensable, comparative account of the substance and operation of NAFTA and the WTO and their relationship to global business strategy."-Jerry Haar Director, Inter-American Business & Labor Program, The Dante B. Fascell North-South Center, University of Miami
"NAFTA and the WTO are more than mysterious acronyms. They truly change the way real firms and real people survive and thrive in the global economy. Professor Condon strips away the mystery."-Gary Hufbauer Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.
"Professor Condon's book is an important and timely contribution to the globalization debate and its effect on our economic future. The book, intended for students, policy makers, lawyers, and business executives, is a 'must read' if you want to understand the impact of international trade agreements on globalization, NAFTA, WTO, AIDS crisis, and global environment."-Jorge Luis Urrutia Professor of Finance and Insurance, School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago and President, Business Association of Latin American Studies
NAFTA and the WTO interact in ways that can make or break a company's strategy. This book considers key aspects of their rules on trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property protection, showing how AIDS, trade, and terrorism affect our economic trade.-Business Horizons
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"NAFTA and the WTO interact in ways that can make or break a company's strategy. This book considers key aspects of their rules on trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property protection, showing how AIDS, trade, and terrorism affect our economic trade."-Business Horizons

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BRADLY J. CONDON is Professor of International Law and Business at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. He is the author of two books and numerous articles and conference papers, and, in 2001, he won the Lumina Award for Pioneering Research in Law and Regulation.