2004
Mexico and the United States: From Economic to Legal Partnership
Berkeley, February 13-14, 2004
In February 2004, the Robbins Collection hosted a conference entitled "Mexico and the United States: From Economic to Legal Partnership." The two-day conference was organized by the Robbins Collection and the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and Economics to bring together judges, government officials and scholars from Mexico and the United States. The purpose of the event was to explore the ways in which the relationship between the US and Mexico has been marked by new and distinct forms of collaboration as it has evolved during the last two decades. The emergence of new markets, the expansion of innovative technologies, and constant demographic shifts have forced both nations to reconsider the national and international parameters of their economic and legal partnership. Trade and monetary exchanges represent only one facet of this relationship. The diverse forms in which exchanges between our two countries take place create a model of transnational cooperation where economic and cultural factors are frequently intertwined. This negotiation between economy and culture presents us with new legal challenges as we continue to refine the terms of partnership between Mexico and the United States.
Conference sessions centered NAFTA, law and economic development, and special problems of immigration and culture. The conference concluded with a keynote address by honored guest and participant Dr. Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico and Professor in the Field of International Economics and Politics and Director and Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
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