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Welcome to the Trade Center

The Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade is a consortium of four Texas universities (University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas A&M University in College Station, and Texas A&M International University in Laredo) that was established to further the study of trade and investment between and among Western Hemisphere countries. It was initiated in collaboration with the Customs Service of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Each year one or more visiting specialists are brought to the university to give courses and seminars in this field. The CSWHT Visiting Professor for spring 2000 will be Alejandro Ibarra of ITESM, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. During his stay in Austin, Professor Ibarra can be reached through the Mexican Center of the Institute of Latin American Studies (512) 232-2423. Information on the CSWHT operations at the other participating universities should be obtained directly from those campuses.