Cultural Industries and Policy In Mexico and Canada After 20 Years of NAFTA

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to present an analysis of 20 years of the North America FreeTrade Agreement (nafta) in the area of cultural policies, specifically, those related to cultural industries. Our main focus is to compare the positions that the Canadian and Mexican governments have taken vis-à-vis the world's number-one audiovisual power, the United States. Within this scenario, we have spotlighted the Mexican case.Key words: cultural policy, cultural industries, nafta, audiovisual, Canada, Mexico. ResumenEl objetivo principal de este artículo es presentar un análisis de los veinte años del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (tlcan) en el área de políticas culturales, específicamente las relacionadas con las industrias culturales. Nuestro enfoque se centra en comparar las posturas que los gobiernos canadiense y mexicano han tenido frente a Estados Unidos, el poder audiovisual número uno del mundo. Dentro de este escenario hemos destacado el caso de México.

Canada's Economic Situation and Policy Analysis in the Current Inflation

“…In terms of trade, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been successfully renegotiated, reducing some risks to the Canadian economy. Economic growth within NAFTA countries is uneven [10]. Canada should increase trade exchanges with Mexico to increase economic income and curb inflation.…”

Receiving and resisting: Toward a market-driven cultural hybridity

“…The Mexican government presumed that language would act as a barrier and protect cultural products against external cultures; thus, cultural industries and products became a commodity under NAFTA (Gómez and Muñoz Larroa, 2014). Mexico's cultural policy relies on Conaculta, the National Council for Culture and the Arts, 'a) to strengthen national identity; b) to promote and guarantee respect for freedom of creation; and c) to guarantee access of more Mexicans to cultural goods and services' (Gómez and Muñoz Larroa, 2014: 184).…”

“…Mexico's cultural policy relies on Conaculta, the National Council for Culture and the Arts, 'a) to strengthen national identity; b) to promote and guarantee respect for freedom of creation; and c) to guarantee access of more Mexicans to cultural goods and services' (Gómez and Muñoz Larroa, 2014: 184). Yet protection and promotion for the cultural industries -like popular music -are not adequately outlined within Conaculta, having only been added to its purview in 2006 (Gómez and Muñoz Larroa, 2014). Despite this, Mexico is the largest Latin American music market and has had a powerful influence on the music industry of all Spanish-speaking Latin American countries (Madrid, 2013).…”