Vinculación entre política interna y política exterior en los Estados Unidos: la negociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte

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  • Miguel Ángel Valverde

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The article examines the role of domestic politics during thenegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, applyingRobert D. Putnam's two-level game theoretical framework. Putnamargues that in international negotiations, chief negotiators need ?rstdomestic approval, and that internal politics represent constraints aswell as ources of leverage. Findings of this pieces indicate that byengaging in a series of discreta concessions or side-payments, targe-ting speci?c constituencies (both domestic and foreign), the presidentsof Mexico and U.S. created a coalition within the United States thatmade possible Congressional passage of NANA.

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Valverde, M. Á. (1997). Vinculación entre política interna y política exterior en los Estados Unidos: la negociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte. Política Y Gobierno, 4(2), 377-403. http://politicaygobierno.cide.edu/index.php/pyg/article/view/529