The Center's various projects serve to identify and eliminate the structural legal obstacles to free trade through the harmonization of commercial laws and practice and the standardization of legal documentation.

The Center is currently working in the following substantive areas:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Central America: Trade Capacity Promotion
• Competition Policy
• Dematerialized Investment Securities
• Electronic Commerce
• Family Law: Negotiation of Bilateral / Multilateral Child Support Agreements
• Implementation of Customs Related Business Facilitation Measures as Part of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Process
• Protection of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border
• Secured Transactions
• Feasibility Study Securitization of Real Estate Assets, Sonora and Baja California/Diagnóstico Bursatilización de Activos Hipotecarios Sonora y Baja California
• Transportation