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Using the Turkey-EU and Mexico-NAFTA experience as case studies, this paper investigates the implications of congruence between regional normative structures and national interest for South development. The paper focuses on changes in US and EU interests with respect to their periphery in the post Cold War/Sept. 11 era and effects this may have on the development trajectories of Mexico and Turkey. It concludes that despite some obvious similarities between Mexico and Turkey, their development may follow separate paths since US and EU are no longer unified in terms of their expectations from peripheral countries. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]