On March 21, 2010, tens of thousands marched on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to call for immigration reform in the United States. The marchers were predominantly Hispanic, many originating from Mexico. Protest organizers claimed to have 200 000 people out for the march in support of their "vision of reform," which they claimed "includes immigrants and native-born U.S.

Recent activity by the Calderón administration indicates that Mexico may be attempting to move away from its large dependence on trade with the United States through promoting relations with fellow Latin American states. Mexico has suffered a major recession due to the global economic collapse and the retraction of the American market.

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In September, Time Inc. purchased a house near downtown Detroit as part of its year-long project, Assignment Detroit, to cover the region, "a great laboratory for studying American society, politics and business": "Because we believe that Detroit right now is a great American story. No city has had more influence on the country's economic and social evolution. Detroit was the birthplace of both the industrial age and the nation's middle class, and the city's rise and fall - and struggle to rise again - and a window into the challenges facing all of modern America.

Edited by Andrew F. Cooper and Jorge Heine, CIGI Distinguished Fellows

3rd Annual Conference of theCanadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) Hosted by the Institute on Globalization and the Human ConditionMcMaster University, Hamilton, OntarioMay 6-8, 2010

-Alia McMullen,National Post- Canada needs to step up to the plate and show the United States that two can play the trade protectionist game, Nobel Prize-winning economist Jagdish Bhagwati says. However, others, including his renowned peer Paul Krugman, say trade protectionism is not a great threat and is actually remarkably low given the depth of the global financial crisis and recession. "The first thing we have to learn is not to throw the trade baby out with the financial bath water," said Mr.

On October 2-4, 2009, CIGI will host its annual conference in Waterloo, Ontario. CIGI'09 will examine the systemic impacts of the global economic crisis and the implications for international economic governance. Keynote speakers include Paul Krugman, Jagdish Bhagwati, The Right Honourable Paul Martin and Roberto Mangabeira Unger. The conference will address two broad themes. First, the impact of the current global economic crisis on the ability of various governance systems to manage globalization and policy priorities will be examined.