Features the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade (CSWHT) within the Institute of Latin American Studies of University of Texas at Austin. Notes that the CSWHT is a consortium of four Texas universities: University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas A & M University in College Station, and Texas A & M International University in Laredo and was established to further the study of trade and investment between and among Western Hemisphere countries.

An assessment of the impact of NAFTA on Mexico and its implications for the broadening of hemispheric economic cooperation.