This study evaluates the new Commission on Environmental Cooperation
(CEC) for its potential to contribute to the improvement of the U.S.-Mexico
border environment. Drawing on theories of agency influence applied to the
CEC, the authors argue that the CEC is currently in a weak position to
undertake significant new environmental initiatives along the U.S.-Mexico
border. The CEC's formal mandate and gaps in current institutional mandates
may enable the CEC to become an important element in transboundary
environmental management at the border if its member governments are
willing to support it.
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