Energy Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere

In conducting the research that resulted in this volume, chief editor Weintraub (political economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies) and his collaborators were guided by the twin, if sometimes conflicting assumptions, that the countries of the Americas can benefit if they can establish energy policy cooperation and that political and historical relations between these countries can often impede such cooperation. They review relevant political, economic, and social issues for the countries that produce exportable quantities of oil and gas--Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela--and also provide coverage of the energy policies of the North American Free Trade Agreement countries (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) in relation to each other. The further examine comparative legal and regulatory regimes for energy, the energy roles of China and India in the western hemisphere, the hemispheric infrastructure for the transport of oil and gas, and sources of future oil and gas supply. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sidney Weintraub holds the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at CSIS. Annette Hester is an economist and a senior associate with the Simon Chair. Veronica R. Prado is a program officer with the Council of the Americas and a former fellow with the Simon Chair.