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Discussion 4: NAFTA and the EU

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Read the following:

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  Countries of the EU
  from the European Union webpage


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  North American Free Trade Agreement
  from the Office of the US Trade Representative


• the following threecases




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  In the Matter of Cross Border Trucking
  on pages 389 - 390


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  Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic
  on pages 416 - 417 of your text


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  Dole v. Carter
  on pages 216-217 of your text

Answer the following questions:

1) In the
Cross Border Trucking
case the court indicates that the United States cannot restrict Mexican trucking traffic. Why? In what year did NAFTA go into effect? What nations are part of the NAFTA agreement?

2) In
Commission of the European Communities
case, what has the nation of Italy done wrong according to the court? What year did Austria join the EU? In what year did Poland join the EU? What is the status of Macedonia with the EU?

3) What are the similarities between NAFTA and the EU? What are some of the differences between NAFTA and the EU?

4) The court in the
Dole
case agrees that a treaty by the President and another country must be ratified by the senate. Why then does the court find that the agreement with the country of Hungary does not need to be ratified by the Senate?