North American Union/Articles & Commentary 2000-2004

The following are articles & commentary for 2000 to 2004 related to the main article North American Union.

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• Articles & Commentary for 2005, 2006, and 2007
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• Research Project: Canada and the World; economic growth and social progress; and governance in the new century, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada). Links to articles dating to 2000.

2000

• Rod Dobell, "A Social Charter for a North American Community," isuma, Spring 2000.
• Andrew Reding, "Spain At Our Border? Fox's Vision For Mexico," Pacific News, July 3, 2000: "Far more powerful will be newly elected President Vicente Fox's vision to expand NAFTA into a common market similar to the European Union."
• "Opening the Border," PBS Online NewsHour, August 25, 2000: "Mexico's president-elect Vicente Fox has proposed opening the border between his country and the U.S. After a background report, three experts debate the president-elect's proposal."
• George Monbiot, "William Hague’s bold new vision for Britain is to put us in the same position as Mexico," Guardian Unlimited (UK) (Monbiot.com), September 7, 2000.

2001

• Transcript: "Presidents Bush, Fox Discuss Importance of Cooperation," CNN, aired February 16, 2001.
• Hector Carreon, "Historic Fox - Bush Summit Begins New Era for the Americas," ACN/La Voz de Aztlan, February 16, 2001.
• Carla Marinucci, "Bush, Fox Find Common Ground On Trade, Immigrants and Drugs," San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2001.
• "Bush, Fox Reach 'Framework' on Issues," NewsMax, February 17, 2001.
• George Kourous, ed., "Bush-Fox Meeting A Promising Start, But the Finish Remains in Question," International Relations Center/borderlines, March 1, 2001.
• "The Fox California road-show a sellout," Hispanic Vista, March 19, 2001.
• William F. Jasper, "Global Tyranny ... Bloc by Bloc," The New American, April 8, 2001.
• Ian Christopher McCaleb, "Bush envisions Western Hemisphere free trade zone," CNN, April 17, 2001.
• Thomas J. Donohue, Op-Ed: "The U.S.-Mexico Partnership Comes of Age," U.S. Chamber of Commerce, August 2001.
• Phyllis Schlafly, "Bush administration pursuing globalist agenda," Townhall.com, August 1, 2001.
• Robert A. Pastor, News Release: "A Blueprint for a North American Community," Institute for International Economics, August 30, 2001.
• Norman Madarasz, "Canada's Melting Border. Sovereignty Ceded to US," CounterPunch, October 4, 2001.
• Jay Makarenko, "N.A's Weakest Link? Domestic Security After Sept. 11th," Mapleleafweb.com, December 11, 2001. Also see related article links on page.

2002

• "Mexico pushes for continental integration," CBC News (Canada), February 23, 2002.
• Allan Wall, "Memo From Mexico. Does Dubya Know About Fox’s Madrid Speech?" vdare.com, May 29, 2002.
• Christopher Sands, "North America at Two Speeds," North America Integration Monitor/Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2002.
• Robert A. Pastor, "A North American Community. A Modest Proposal To The Trilateral Commission," Ontario, Canada, November 1-2, 2002. (American University).

2003

• Hector Carreon, "The Israelization of the USA and its Dangers to Mexico," ACN/La Voz de Aztlan, April 6, 2003.
• "NAFTA Rail will join KCSR, Tex-Mex, and TFM - Rail Update - Kansas City Southern, Texas Mexican Railway, TFM Railway - Brief Article," Railway Age (FindArticles.com), May 2003.
• "U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity Spurs Economic Initiatives," U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, June 10, 2003.
• Philippe Lagassé, "NORAD, NorthCom, and the Binational Planning Group: The Evolution of Canada–US Defence Relations": Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6, Canadian-American Strategic Review, July 2003.
• "Sorting Through 50 Years Of Military Agreements. U.S.-Canadian Planning Group Eyes Enhanced Defense Cooperation," Canada National Defence, August 14, 2003.

2004

• David W. Eaton, "Roads, Trains and Ports: Integrating North American Transport. Mapping the New North American Reality," IRPP Working Paper Series (no. 2004-09j).
• Robert A. Pastor, "North America's Second Decade," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2004.
• William Norman Grigg, "Don't Forget the Bush Amnesty," The New American (StopFTAA.org), January 8, 2004.
• William Norman Grigg, "Amnesty and Betrayal," The New American (StopFTAA.org), February 9, 2004: "President Bush’s proposed immigration reform package is a shocking betrayal of our nation’s sovereignty, culture and economy. It must not be allowed to pass."
• William F. Jasper, "The Nation-State Is Finished," The New American, February 23, 2004.
• Gustavo Mohar, "Mexico-United States Migration: A Long Way To Go," Migration Information, March 1, 2004.
• L. Ronald Scheman, "Toward A Pan-American Energy Community?" The Globalist, May 4, 2004.
• Geoffrey H. Hale, "Adapting to North American Integration. Challenges for Canadian Federalism," University of Lethbridge (Government of Canada), Updated June 4, 2004.
• "KCS and TMM Announce Agreement Placing TFM, Texas Mexican Railway and the Kansas City Southern Railway Under Common Control," Trade Commission of Mexico Newsletter, July/August 2004.
• "USTDA Promotes Regional Development through the Partnership for Prosperity with Mexico," U.S. Trade and Development Agency, July 9, 2004.
• "Mexican Official Wants Border Eliminated," Fox News, July 10, 2004.
• Jerry Seper, "Mexican official seeks open border," Washington Times, September 27, 2004: "Mexico's newest border czar wants to begin building additional travel lanes at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border and to increase the number of border crossings into the United States — the first steps, he hopes, toward an open border with no checkpoints."
• Rick Alm, "Trade deals put KC on the map; International leaders meet," The Kansas City Star (KC SmartPort.com), October 14, 2004: "The Kansas City Council has approved a $2.5 million loan to KC SmartPort to build the customs facility in the West Bottoms near Kemper Arena on city-owned land east of Liberty Street and mostly south of Interstate 670."
• Donna Mills, "Planning Group Weighs Value of 'Maritime NORAD'," American Forces Press Service, November 3, 2004.
• Joseph Farah, "Meet NAFTA on steroids. New U.S.-Mexico-Canada security plan would virtually eliminate national borders," WorldNetDaily, November 15, 2004.
• Michel Chossudovsky, "Is the Annexation of Canada part of Bush's Military Agenda?" Global Research (Canada), November 23, 2004.