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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is due to go into force on July 1, 2020, but much work remains to prepare for the transition from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules. In all likelihood, both agreements will operate in parallel until important details are ironed out. Most pressing among these are new rules for automobile manufacturing in North America, where the requirements have become more stringent. Mexico will also have to deal with a potential surge of labor disputes as the new labor chapter goes into effect. Compounding all of this is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted supply chains and weakened trading relationships around the world. Can the USMCA be successfully implemented this year, and can North America move forward from the pandemic stronger than before?Related Content: Dispute Settlement and the US-UK Trade Agreement: Lessons from the NAFTA Renegotiation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the United States shifts the focus of its foreign and defense policies toward great-power competition, experts have paid more attention to Russian and Chinese nuclear force postures and strategies. The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) paints a concerning picture of recent developments in both potential adversaries, noting the growth of arsenals and approaches to nuclear strategy that vex U.S. policymakers. The assessments and threat perceptions laid out in the NPR will drive U.S. nuclear strategy for the rest of the Trump administration and potentially beyond because they inform plans for U.S. nuclear modernization.In the two years since the 2018 NPR's release, the Trump administration has put its stamp on America's approach to nuclear deterrence. The administration is clearly worried about the nuclear arsenals and strategies of Russia and China, and many of the NPR's more controversial items, such as the low-yield Trident warhead, are explicitly tied to nuclear developments in potential great-power adver

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Featuring Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center; and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute.Related Content: Coronavirus and the Constitution See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Featuring Daniel Schuman, Policy Director, Demand Progress; Liz Hempowicz, Director of Public Policy, Project on Government Oversight; Corinna Turbes, Policy Manager, Data Coalition; moderated by Patrick Eddington, Research Fellow, Cato Institute.Related Content: Congress' Stimulus Oversight Imperative See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Featuring Eugene Gholz, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; and Rose McDermott, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Brown University; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.Related: Cato's Project on Threat Inflation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane explores the legal and policy issues presented by the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws, ranging from constitutional questions about the scope and nature of federal power to questions of enforcement discretion and state‐​level regulation. While the nation’s federalist structure presents complications when federal and state preferences conflict, it could also provide the foundation for more sensible drug policy in the 21st century. Please join us for a discussion of this new book, featuring its editor and one of its contributors.Event ResourcesA Serious Hearing on Marijuana Prohibition Was Overdue, by Trevor BurrusIt is Time for a Cannabis Opportunity Agenda, by Makada Henry‐​Nickie and John HudakThe Case for Allowing Interstate Trade Among Marijuana‐​Legal States, by Ilya ShapiroHigh on Federalism: Marijuana’s Challenge to Federal‐​State Relations, by Ilya Shapiro and Matthew Larosiere See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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