Lobbying as a foreign policy instrument the case of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Lobbying as a way of influencing the decision-making process in the United States on any issue is a recently discovered resource for the Mexican foreign policy towards that country. However, it is necessary to evaluate this instrument in its fair dimension. As the NAFTA case shows, the success of a policy which includes lobbying, depends on many factors. The most important one is to find allies within the United States that have enough’ legitimacy to exercise pressure on the political leadership and, at the same time, can identify their causes with the national interest of the United States.