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Module 7: Trade Liberalization & NAFTA

Chapter 14 - NAFTA & USMCA

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Executive Branch Study Guide Define: Electorate Treaty State of the Union Bureaucracy Independent agency Know the different types and examples of them Department (Include Examples) Hierarchical authority Job specialization Executive ORders Know 8 roles of the president Duties, examples, responsibilities Formal qualifications of the President Salary of the President Salary and benefits Presidential Terms Number allowed and amendment that established this What caused this? How long can a president be in office? Presidential Succession Amendment number First 5 people in order of succession War Powers Resolution Purpose 3 provisions Examples of Undeclared Wars Foreign Policy Goals of Foreign Policy Foreign Policy throughout history Treaties and Trade/Peacekeeping Groups USA is involved in What are their purposes? NATO NAFTA/USMCA UN Job of the Vice President Formal Qualifications Cabinet departments What are they? (15) Who must approve cabinet appointments? Purpose of EO Executive Branch Study Guide Key Define: Electorate people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. Treaty International agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations Signed by president but approved by Senate State of the Union Speech by the president given to both chambers of Congress Gives a summary of the country Bureaucracy Large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization Independent Agency Additional agency outside of cabinet departments, with specialized functions NASA, SSA, epa Try to be bipartisan and out of politics, Independent regulatory commission, Has an economic focus FCC, FRB, SEC government corporation USPS, amtrak Department Agencies of cabinet level rank All of the cabinet departments Hierarchical Authority Organization that is structured like a pyramid, with a chain of command running from the top down to its base Job Specialization Each person has certain duties and responsibilities Division of labor Executive order rule or order issued by the president to the executive branch of the government and having the force of law. Law without the legislative branch Know 8 roles of the president Duties, examples, responsibilities Chief Citizen Representative of people of the USA Visit locations of natural disasters Chief of State Acts as the ceremonial face of the nation Has power in domestic and foreign affairs Hands out medals Chief Executive Boss of the federal government departments/organization Holding cabinet meetings Commander in Chief In charge of armed forces Visits military bases Economic Chief Expected to help economy run smoothly Meet with economic advisors Meet with business leaders Chief Legislator Main architect of nation’s public policy Signs or vetoes laws Chief Diplomat Conducts foreign policy Meets with government officials Chief of Party Help to get members of party elected Leader of the party Speaking at rally for senate nominee Formal qualifications of the President 35 years old Natural Born Citizen Live in US for 14 years Salary of the President $400,000 May not be changed during term $50,000 expense allowance Presidential Terms Number allowed and amendment that established this 2 terms 22nd Amendment What caused this? FDR had been elected to 4 terms Presidential Succession Amendment number 25 Presidential disability VP and Cabinet decide on president ability First 5 people in order of succession VP Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury War Powers Resolution Purpose To limit the president’s war making powers after Vietnam Check the powers of the president 3 provisions Must report scope of action to Congress within 48 hours Must commit to ending in 60 days Congress can withdraw troops at anytime Examples of Undeclared Wars Vietnam Korea Iraq Foreign Policy Goals: National security, promote peace, spread democracy, promote trade, provide aid Treaties and Groups NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Peaceful relations in atlantic nations post WW2 Military alliance USMCA United States Mexico Canada Agreement Promote free trade in North America UN United Nations Keep future nations out of war Maintain peace and security Job of the Vice President Formal responsibilities Be the President of the Senate Take over/decide the case of Presidential Disability Cabinet departments What are they? Executive departments, top advisors to the president ** Review what they deal with and what they do Who must approve cabinet appointments? Senate Features of a Bureaucracy Hierarchical authority Structured like a pyramid Chain of command running from few at the top to many at the bottom Job specialization Everyone in the hierarchy has certain duties and responsibilities Formalized rules Work gets done according to a number of established procedures Checks and Balances of Executive branch Purpose of Executive Orders To push through agenda and policies without waiting for Congress Must relate to how the executive branch operates or be a power of the president Helps the president address a wide range of issues

Nation X Is Taking Actions That Nation Y Finds Objectionable. What Cour Of Actions, Short Of War, Could Nation Y Do To Impact Nation X'S Economy? What Is The Difference Between Comparative And Absolute Advantage? Give An Example Of Comparative Advantage. Give An Example Of Absolute Advantage. Exports - Imports = Nations Depend Upon Each Other For Necessities. Give An Example Of An Import The Us Requires And From Whom It Imports It From. Do The Same With Exports. What Impact Does A Tariff Have On The Price Of A Good? What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Nafta? What Tools Could We Put In Place To Protect Domestic Manufacturing? Why Might Businesses Outsource Jobs From The U.S. To The Third World? Terms To Define: Import Export Tariff Protectionism Nafta Free Trade Balance Of Trade Absolute Advantage Comparative Advantage Embargo Domestic Business Foreign Business Trade Barrier

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Mestizo A person of mixed white, indigenous (Amerindian), and sometimes African descent.####Amerindian Original peoples of North and South America; indigenous people.####Indigenous Groups Population of Amerindian heritage in Mexico.####Maquiladoras Factories that produce goods for export, often located along the US-Mexican border.####Coup D'etat A forceful, extra-constitutional action resulting in the removal of an existing government.####Ejidos Land granted by Mexican government to an organized group of peasants.####Sexenio The six-year administration of Mexican presidents.####Clientelism An informal aspect of policymaking in which a powerful patron (for example, a traditional local boss, government agency, or dominant party) offers resources such as land, contracts, protection, or jobs in return for the support and services (such as labor or votes) of lower-status and less powerful clients; corruption, preferential treatment, and inequality are characteristic of clientelist politics.####North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) A treaty among the US, Mexico, and Canada implemented on January 1, 1994, that largely eliminates trade barriers among the three nations and establishes procedures to resolve trade disputes. NAFTA serves as a model for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Americas zone that could include most Western Hemisphere nations.####Corporatist State A state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the structure.####Civil Society Refers to the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for example, professional associations (lawyers, doctors, teacher), trade unions, student and women's groups, religious bodies, and other voluntary association groups. The term is similar to society, although civil society implies a degree of organization absent from the more inclusive term society.####State Capitalism A political system in which the state requires all members of a particular economic sector to join an officially designated interest group. Such interest groups thus attain public status, and they participate in national policymaking. The result is that the state has great control over the groups, and groups have great control over their members.####Import Substituting Industrialization (ISI) Strategy for industrialization based on domestic manufacture of previously imported goods to satisfy domestic market demands.####Informal Sector That portion of the economy largely outside government control in which local traditional rulers and political structures were used to help support the colonial governing structure.####Proportional Representation A system of political representation in which seats are allocated to parties within multi-member constituencies, roughly in proportion to the votes each party receives. PR usually encourages the election to parliament of more political parties than single-member-district winner-take-all systems.####Technocrats Career-minded bureaucrats who administer public policy according to a technical rather than political rationale. In Mexico and Brazil, these are known as the tecnicos.####Para-Statal State-owned, or at least state-controlled, corporations, created to undertake a broad range of activities, from control and marketing of agricultural production to provision of banking services, operation of airlines, and other transportation facilities and public utilities.####Camarillas Vast informal networks of personal royalty that operates as powerful political cliques.####Chamber of Deputies, Senate The lower house of Mexico's legislature.####Chiapas Rebellion Southern Mexican state which had large groups of Native Americans, where rebels took up arms and challenged the government, demanding land reform.####Neo-Corporatism A structure in which business, labor, and state engage in bargaining over economic policies.####Dependency A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploration of poor nations by rich ones.####Election Reform Campaign finance restrictions. Laws that limit contributions to campaigns. Critical media coverage, as media is less under PRI control. International watch teams, as Mexico has tried to convince other countries that elections are fair and competitive. Election monitoring by opposition party members.####Vicente Fox Mexico's president since 2000. The first non-PRI president in over seven decades.####GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. International trade organization that encourages free trade by lowering tariffs and other trade restrictions.####IFE Organizing elections of the president and the Congress of the Union. Registering voters and parties. Giving all parties access to the media. Setting the ceiling for campaign expenditures. Allocating public funds fr campaigns. Recruiting and training citizens to run polling places. Confirming the electoral results.####Import Substitution A government policy that uses trade restrictions and subsidies to encourage domestic production of manufactured goods.####"Mexican Miracle" Described a country with a rapidly increasing GNP in orderly transition from an authoritarian to a democratic government.####Neoliberalism A political orientation origination in the 1960s. A strategy for economic development that calls for free markets, balanced budgets, privatization, free trade, and minimal government intervention in the economy.####Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Leading candidate in 2018 presidential race####Para-Statals Industry partially owned by the state.####Patron-Client System Powerful government officials deliver state servicing policies and access to power in exchange for the delivery of political support.####PEMEX Mexico's powerful state-owned oil monopoly.####PAN National Action Party. A conservative Catholic Mexican political party that until 2000 was the main opposition to the PRI.####PRD Party of the Democratic Revolution. Mexico's main left-of-center opposition party.####PRI Intended to stabilize political power in the hands of its leaders. Served as an important source of government legitimacy until other political parties successfully challenged its monopoly during the late 20th century.####WTO The World Trade Organization. An international body that enforces agreements that reduce barriers to international trade. Successor to the GATT.####Zapatistas Guerilla movement named in honor of Emiliano Zapata; originated in 1994 in Mexico's Southern state of Chiapas. Government responded with a combination of repression and negotiation.####

Period 9: 1980–Present: Political and Foreign Policy Adjustments in a Globalized World

Chapter 10: The United Mexican States

(Draft) Chapter 10: The United Mexican States

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