United States
Globalized production processes and foreign governmental lobbies: Analysing the United States Foreign Agents Registration Act reports
This study examines two potentially opposing effects that the current state of trade globalization can have on foreign governmental lobbies in the United States. On one hand economic globalization and increased flows of goods may lead to more and more contentious issues between trading partners. On the other hand the growing networks of global value chains (GVCs) may mobilize interest groups in foreign lobbies’ target countries (the United States in this study) whose activities might substitute for those of foreign governmental lobbies. With such linkages an increase in lobbying activities by domestic producers may reduce the need for direct foreign lobbying on contentious issues. The study reveals different effects of forward and backward GVC linkages and the results have two main policy implications: first policymakers should be aware of the growing intricate nature of foreign influence; second more attention must be paid to political consequences of GVCs’ distributive effects particularly those from backward linkages.
LaGrand Case: Vol.III (Germany v. United States of America)
Pleadings Oral Arguments Documents: LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of America) Volume III
LaGrand Case: Vol.II (Germany v. United States of America)
Pleadings Oral Arguments Documents: LaGrand (Germany v. United States of America) Volume II
Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders 2021: Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the United States.
El incremento de los permisos como trabajadores temporales a mexicanos en los Estados Unidos: Viejas formas de contratación en el sector agrícola estadounidense
En los últimos años las visas de trabajo temporal del programa H-2A en la agricultura estadounidense se incrementaron. Esta nueva dinámica del mercado laboral agrícola estadounidense impacta a las comunidades y familias en los territorios que son origen de un alto flujo migratorio a los Estados Unidos. Sobre la base de información del Departamento de Estado de ese país se indagó en la evolución en el tiempo del número de trabajadores mexicanos en ese programa y tomando como referencia la metodología cualitativa se buscó conocer el impacto que han tenido este tipo de visas en las comunidades y las dinámicas de contratación que aplican los empresarios agrícolas estadounidenses. Se encontró que si bien los procesos de contratación no son complicados la experiencia migratoria previa determina en gran medida la contratación por esta vía de los trabajadores que van a laborar en las actividades agrícolas; en cambio existe en el mercado laboral estadounidense un nicho en las actividades agropecuarias para los jóvenes migrantes mexicanos en el que no se requiere experiencia previa pero sí estudios universitarios terminados.
Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Economy and the Policy Response
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has upended the global and United States economies exacting a large human toll and shutting down major economic sectors. While there is significant uncertainty about United States economic growth prospects the impact of the pandemic is severe. The record-long United States economic expansion came to an end as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with forecasts of a deep recession in 2020. The outlook remains highly uncertain as it is difficult to gauge the social and economic impact of the pandemic which will depend on the success of containing the outbreak and the measures to restart economic activity. The economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been substantial and immediate. Three stimulus packages were approved by the United States Congress in March to address the impact on households and businesses. New legislation was also approved in April and June to improve the effectiveness of the programmes included in the previous three fiscal packages. The United States Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the zero lower bound offered unlimited quantitative easing and deployed old and new policy tools aimed at keeping financial markets functioning.
No. 51711. United States of America and Jamaica
Exchange of notes constituting an Agreement between the United States of America and Jamaica regarding the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System. Kingston 26 August 2005 and 23 September 2005
No. 51704. United States of America and Netherlands (in respect of the Caribbean part of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States of America concerning cooperation in civil aviation safety. Washington 23 May 2013
No. 51710. United States of America and Australia
Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Department of Defence of Australia concerning collaboration on tactical missile design development test and evaluation (with annexes). Washington 3 August 2005 and Canberra 1 September 2005
No. 51708. United States of America and Niger
Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America and the Ministry of basic education and alphabetization of the Republic of Niger for cooperation in the GLOBE Program. Niamey 11 August 2005
No. 51709. United States of America and Ethiopia
Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America and the Ministry of education of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for cooperation in the GLOBE Program. Addis Ababa 24 August 2005
No. 51198. United States of America and Micronesia (Federated States of)
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia Regarding the Surrender of Persons to the International Criminal Court. Washington 24 September 2002
No. 51225. United States of America and Rwanda
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Regarding the Surrender of Persons to International Tribunals. Washington 4 March 2003
No. 51238. United States of America and Colombia
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Colombia regarding the surrender of persons of the United States of America to the International Criminal Court. Bogotá 17 September 2003
No. 51241. United States of America and Antigua and Barbuda
Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda regarding the surrender of persons to the International Criminal Court. Washington 29 September 2003
No. 51227. United States of America and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Regarding the Surrender of Persons to the International Criminal Court. Washington 19 March 2003
No. 51236. United States of America and Ethiopia
Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior of the Government of the United States of America and the Addis Ababa University of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Ethiopia concerning scientific and technical cooperation in the earth sciences (with annexes). Reston 9 December 2002 and Addis Ababa 28 August 2003
No. 51202. United States of America and Mauritania
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania regarding the surrender of persons to the International Criminal Court. New York 17 September 2002
No. 51239. United States of America and Cambodia
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia concerning the imposition of import restrictions on Khmer archaeological material. Phnom Penh 19 September 2003
No. 51233. United States of America and Afghanistan
Agreement between the Government of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and the Government of the United States of America regarding the surrender of persons to the International Criminal Court. Washington 20 September 2002