Future of Trade

Edited by David A. Gantz, Will Clayton Fellow for Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University and Samuel M. Fegtly Professor Emeritus, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona and Tony Payan, Director, Center for the United States and Mexico, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, USA and Professor of Social Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

• Contents:Introduction to The Future of Trade 1David A. Gantz and Tony Payan1 Does America need a trade policy? 9C.J. MahoneyPART I TRENDS IN NORTH AMERICAN TRADE2 Key issues in USMCA implementation 19David A. Gantz3 Three proposals for regaining momentum toward a NorthAmerican community 47James Gerber4 Energy in the USMCA 69Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez5 The USMCA and the environment: Setting trends forglobal and regional trade 96Elizabeth Trujillo6 Integration through trade: Labor markets and workerrights in the USMCA 127Tony Payan7 Beyond NAFTA: Canada and USMCA’s initialimplementation, 2020–2022 152Meredith LillyPART II CHANGES IN GLOBAL TRENDS INTHE CONTEXT OF THE U.S.–CHINACOMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP8 A critique of the 2020 United States–China tradeagreement and suggested corrective measures 175Daniel C.K. Chow9 Filing WTO violation and non-violation complaints:A possible solution to China’s market access commitments? 200Ian M. SheldonPART III GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNANCE THROUGHA RESTRUCTURED WTO10 Major threats to the WTO and the world trading system,and proposed solutions 229Simon Lester11 The WTO as a forum for regulatory cooperation:Transparency and open plurilateral agreements 252Padideh AlaiConclusion 276David A. Gantz and Tony Payan

‘The editors are to be congratulated for gathering together a penetrating, stimulating collection of international and North American trade articles by well-known law, economic and policy experts. A book full of insight and vision.’