The CEC's Citizen Submission Process: Still a Model for Reconciling Trade and the Environment?

Deals with the citizen submission process administered by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), one of the key concessions made to the environmental movement by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. in their effort to build political support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993. Overview of the NAFTA; Role of CEC in the area of enforcement of international trade; Status of citizen submissions on enforcement matters; Revisions of guidelines for submissions on enforcement matters.