NAFTA cont. 03/24/2014
EU:
Commission Focused on interest of EU (Supranational)
Council The President, the national decision makers, for the states (Intergovernmental)
NAFTA still remains an intergovernmental organization, has yet to reach supranational like the EU
Dispute Resolution is the only element that is similar to supranational b/c they can override a country’s
law & it’s a binding decision
Why would Democrats be less likely to support free trade?
B/c party of labor unions
Republicans more likely to support b/c pro-business
Canada is most supportive of NAFTA than Mexico/U.S, Mexico is mostly confused feelings. U.S is mainly
negative
Transatlantic Agreement Europeans brought to US (EU & US)