NACTS Releases Report to President Obama

“North America Next: A Report to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness" was released on Tuesday, Feb. 10 by the North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) at Arizona State University at an official “Newsmaker" event hosted by the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The report represents more than a year of consultations by NACTS' consortium of leading experts and universities in the three countries and covers major tri-national challenges including border security, trade, energy, labor/migration, transportation and infrastructure and environmental protection.

The report was presented at the Newsmakers event by NACTS Director Rick Van Schoik, with commentary provided by Roberta Jacobson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Canada, Mexico and NAFTA; Mexican Embassy Head of Economic Affairs Antonio Ortiz Mena; and Colin Robertson, a senior Canadian diplomat currently directing the Canada-US project at Carleton University in Ottawa.

The Newsmakers event was attended by media outlets such as Associated Press, Agence France Press, Congressional Quarterly, EFE, Notimex, Toronto Star, Dallas Morning News, Inside US Trade, among others. "North America Next" has received extensive international media coverage from outlets such as AP, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Reuters News Service, EFE News Service (Latin America's leading wire service), USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, Embassy Magazine, and Mexico's El Universal, among others.

The full report, an executive summary, the press release and selected media links can be found at http://nacts.asu.edu/north-america-next.