The George W. Bush Institute believes that the key to America’s prosperity is open global markets for trade and investment driven by consumers making economic choices.
Increased economic integration among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will strengthen the U.S. economy, create opportunity across the continent, enable the U.S. to better compete, and ultimately improve the global economy.
Core Components
- The Bush Institute built the North America Competitiveness Scorecard to compare the competitive positions of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in the global economy.
The Scorecard benchmarks North America’s performance in international rankings on issues like business climate, innovation, openness to trade, and good governance against the performance of other major countries and trade groupings.
- A number of factors uniquely central to North American competitiveness are not assessed by traditional indices, in particular energy markets, border infrastructure and human capital development.
The North America Agenda for Global Competitiveness convenes eminent experts in these topics from business, government, and academia from across North America for a focused discussion of these topics.
- Border infrastructure and human capital form the backbone of North America’s future competitiveness. A market-driven approach to planning and financing border infrastructure is needed to strengthen productivity. Expanding the availability and common use of best-in-class standards, training, and credentials for frontline jobs can help build the most proficient technical workforce pipeline in the world.
