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	North American Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NAFTA is also used to refer to the tripartite trading bloc of North American countries.
		This agreement was an expansion of the earlier Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1989.
		From the perspective of North American consumers, one of the effects of NAFTA has been the significant increase in bilingual or even trilingual labeling on products, for simultaneous distribution through retailers in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in French, English, and Spanish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement (2536 words)

	NAFTA Secretariat - Secrétariat de l'ALÉNA - Secretariado del TLCAN
		NAFTA Secretariat - Secrétariat de l'ALÉNA - Secretariado del TLCAN
	www.nafta-sec-alena.org (10 words)

	Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The goal of the agreement is the creation of a free trade zone, similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which currently encompasses the US, Canada, and Mexico.
		Bordering Central American nations not in the agreement include Belize and Panama on the mainland, Haiti which is on the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.
		Robert Zoellick and corporate backers such as the National Association of Wheat Growers claim the agreement will open new markets to American manufacturers, and help the Central American nations modernize their economies, create worker rights protections that will enforce and improve labor laws, and improve environmental standards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CAFTA (1502 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This agreement was an expansion of the earlier Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1989.
		In another case Metalclad, an American corporation, was awarded $16.5 million from Mexico after the latter passed regulations banning the toxic waste dump it intended to construct in El Llano, Aguascalientes.
		Further, it has been argued that the provision benefits the interests of Canadian and American corporations disproportionately more than Mexican businesses, which often lack the resources to pursue a suit against the much wealthier states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement (1389 words)

	Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NDP remains opposed to free trade; however when the Liberals under Jean Chrétien were elected to office in 1993 election promising to re-negotiate key parts of the agreement, they continued the deal with only minor modifications, and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement to expand the free trade area to include Mexico.
		Free trade was not an important issue, but Mulroney and the party both announced their opposition to such a move.
		The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was a trade agreement reached by Canada and the United States in October of 1987.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian-American_Free_Trade_Agreement (934 words)

	NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
		Although NAFTA was promoted as a "free trade" agreement among the nations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, it has much more to do with economic integration and eventual political merger than it does with free trade.
		Like the FTAA, NAFTA advocates titled their measure to mislead the public into believing falsely that the agreement was principally concerned with lowering tariffs and promoting free trade within a growing prosperity zone.
		The office of Representative Gerald Solomon (R-NY) circulated a list of some 37 special side deals and pork barrel projects the Clinton Administration used to buy passage of the trade agreement.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/december2004/091204nafta.htm (661 words)

	UCB Libraries GovPubs NAFTA
		NAFTA Secretariat "The NAFTA Secretariat, comprised of the Canadian, U.S. and Mexican Sections, is an unique organization, established by the Free Trade Commission, pursuant to Article 2002, Chapter 20 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
		North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this resource, from the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, has information on NAFTA and its effect on U.S. agriculture.
		Trade Data Online this resource, from the Canadian Government, lets you view imports and exports by product or industry
	ucblibraries.colorado.edu /govpubs/us/nafta.htm (189 words)

	The high price of 'free' trade
		NAFTA is a free trade and investment agreement that provided investors with a unique set of guarantees designed to stimulate foreign direct investment and the movement of factories within the hemisphere, especially from the United States to Canada and Mexico.
		Trade, however, is also expected to increase the wages of the workers producing exports, but growing trade deficits have meant that the number of workers hurt by imports has exceeded the number who have benefited through increased exports.
		Thus, NAFTA and other sources of growing trade deficits were responsible for a change in the composition of employment, shifting workers from manufacturing to other sectors and, frequently, from good jobs to low-quality, low-pay work.
	www.epinet.org /content.cfm/briefingpapers_bp147 (4829 words)

	ERS/USDA Briefing Room - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
		U.S.-Mexico agricultural trade was the subject of a paper by ERS economist Steven Zahniser at a conference entitled Doha, NAFTA, and California Agriculture on January 13, 2006, in Sacramento, California.
		North American Agricultural Market Integration and Its Impact on the Food and Fiber System reviews the increasing integration of agricultural markets in Canada, Mexico, and the United States that has resulted in more efficient use of continental resources.
		North American Greenhouse Tomatoes Emerge as a Major Market Force reviews the rapid growth of the greenhouse tomato industry in North American and its impact on the field tomato industry.
	www.ers.usda.gov /briefing/nafta (1031 words)

	nafta-guide
		A discussion of environmental issues in relation to NAFTA is presented in the environment chapter of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office study "A Budgetary and Economic Analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement" (1993).
		NAFTA is a pioneering agreement from the view of trade and environmental policy, because it directly addresses environmental laws and standards, and includes an Environmental Side Accord.
		NAFTA's explicit inclusion of environmental issues in dispute settlement jurisdiction is one of the more significant (and controversial) links between trade and environmental policy in the agreement.
	www.ciesin.org /TG/PI/TRADE/nafta.html (284 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
		The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a trade treaty that involves the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
		The end result of NAFTA is the elimination of tariffs and other trade barriers on nearly 10,000 goods originating in Canada, Mexico, and the United States over a maximum period of fifteen years.
		The schedule to eliminate tariffs already established in the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement will continue as planned so that all Canada-United States trade will be duty-free in 1998.
	www.itds.treas.gov /nafta.html (717 words)

	Miller Supports Central American Free Trade Agreement
		The agreement, the Central American Free Trade Agreement or CAFTA, would reduce trade barriers between the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
		Free trade works to reduce prices and increase the standard of living for the trading partners.
		“Free trade - whether it is with a trading partner across the street or around the globe - gives both parties to a transaction more of something they want.
	www.house.gov /garymiller/MillerSupportsCAFTA.html (572 words)

	americas.org - Will CAFTA Fly?
		CAFTA would be a souped-up and extended version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which covers Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
		The agreement is of only mild interest to U.S. corporations, and the Bush administration appears to be prioritizing it as part of a larger strategy to box Brazil and some other nations into the U.S. version of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
		But if Central American public opposition to CAFTA significantly impacts its progress there, it may be a winnable battle in the U.S. as well.
	www.americas.org /News/Features/200303_MarApr_NoGuerra/200303_CAFTA_Weiss.htm (1000 words)

	Free Trade Agreements
		CAFTA must be approved by the U.S. Congress and by National Assemblies in the Central American countries before it becomes law.
		Rather, Central Americans are forced to judge the potential impact based upon the ten-year record of NAFTA.
		Analysts expect that--as occurred in Mexico--CAFTA will attract foreign direct investment and boost Central American exports in certain sectors, but will provide little benefit to the rural and urban poor of the region.
	www.wola.org /economic/cafta.htm (494 words)

	cafta.html
		CAFTA is modeled on its forebear, NAFTA, the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico, passed during the Clinton Administration.
		The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) between the United States and five Central American nations—Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras—as well as with the Dominican Republic, passed the Senate on June 30th by a vote of 54-45, the closest margin in recent trade history.
		CAFTA’s defeat would block ongoing negotiations toward the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement which is intended to place all of the Americas into one trading bloc.
	www.networklobby.org /issues/cafta.html (937 words)

	Canadian American Free Trade Deception: NAFTA
		It didn?t have to be in NAFTA because it is in the Free Trade Agreement.
		We are talking about her involvement,?she saw it happen, inside government, the heart of government during the free trade negotiations and what was told to the public in the provinces, and what really happened.
		The Free Trade Agreement, all the negotiating documents should have been in the archives for the Canadian public to view but they are not.
	nesara.insights2.org /NAFTA.html (7680 words)

	cafta.html
		CAFTA is modeled on its forebear, NAFTA, the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico, passed during the Clinton Administration.
		The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) between the United States and five Central American nations—Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras—as well as with the Dominican Republic, passed the Senate on June 30th by a vote of 54-45, the closest margin in recent trade history.
		CAFTA’s defeat would block ongoing negotiations toward the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement which is intended to place all of the Americas into one trading bloc.
	www.networklobby.org /issues/cafta.html (937 words)

	THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (
		With the reduction/elimination of these trade barriers, liberalized investment rules and preferential rules of origin, U.S. parts and vehicle manufacturers have become more efficient and competitive in the North American market.
		The NAFTA is the most comprehensive regional trade agreement ever negotiated by the United States and is scheduled to be fully implemented by the year 2008.
		Trade is considered "free" or "open" when goods and services can move into markets without restrictions, and prices are determined by supply and demand.
	www.library.unt.edu /gpo/oca/nafta.htm (924 words)

	"Possibe Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement...", paper by Tyler Jones
		NAFTA is an agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the United States which sets rules and guidelines for the elimination of trade barriers between the member nations for most goods and services originating from within North America.
		The agreement additionally establishes a set of rules known as the "Rules of Origin", which state that only goods manufactured using a certain percentage (which varies by industry) of North American materials are eligible for the reduced tariffs.
		NAFTA, by removing trade barriers between Mexico, Canada, and the United States, three nations that are already heavy traders with each other[5][6], will create a free trade bloc with 360 million consumers and a gross domestic product (GDP) of $6.5 trillion.
	www.june29.com /Tyler/nonfiction/nafta2.html (2553 words)

	NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE SIDE AGREEMENT ON LABOR COOPERATION
		On the date of signature of this Agreement, or of the exchange of written notifications under Article 51, Canada shall set out in a declaration a list of any provinces for which Canada is to be bound in respect of matters within their jurisdiction.
		Forgreater certainty and consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the setting of all standards and levels in respect of minimum wages and labor protections for children and young persons by each Party shall not be subject to obligations under this Agreement.
		The ECE shall analyze, in the light of the objectives of this Agreement and in a non-adversarial manner, patterns of practice by each Party in the enforcement of its occupational safety and health or other technical labor standards as they apply to the particular matter considered by the Parties under Article 22.
	www.mac.doc.gov /TCC/DATA/commerce_html/TCC_2/NAFTA/Naftaside1.html (8234 words)

	SICE - Trade Agreements
		Complementary Agreement on trade in agricultural goods between the Republic of Chile and the Kingdom of Norway
		Complementary Agreement on trade in agricultural goods between the Republic of Chile and the Swiss Confederation
		Complementary Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Goods between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Iceland
	www.sice.oas.org /tradee.asp (575 words)

	USATODAY.com - 10 years ago, NAFTA was born
		The North American Free Trade Agreement is almost as contentious today as the day it took effect in 1994.
		Lindsey says NAFTA backers got trapped by foes' doomsday rhetoric and made the mistake of claiming it would "create jillions of U.S. jobs." The true beneficiary all along was to be Mexico, stuck in poverty and looking to draw more trade and investment from its big, rich neighbors, he says.
		Renegotiation could be explosive with trade protectionism on the rise in Congress and among the public.
	www.usatoday.com /money/economy/trade/2003-12-31-nafta_x.htm (830 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement: Free For Whom?
		To Trade or Not to Trade: NAFTA and the Prospects of Free Trade in the Americas
		The union would build on the three-year-old Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.
		NAFTA's easy ratification was called into question by the election of President Bill Clinton in the United States and the resignation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in Canada.
	harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=YAUYYQZ2F4AP4AKRGWDR5VQBKE0YIIPS?id=792049&referral=8636&_requestid=59 (184 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA (1994): historical context, economic impact and related links
		NAFTA created the largest free trade area in the world, covering at the time some 360 million people and nearly C$500 billion in yearly trade and investment.
		NAFTA maintained the tariff elimination schedule established by the CUSFTA for the bilateral trade between the United States and Canada.
		The North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation was designed to facilitate greater co-operation between Canada, the United States and Mexico in this area.
	canadianeconomy.gc.ca /english/economy/1994NAFTA.html (442 words)

	Project #7: NAFTA
		The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by the United States, Canada and Mexico in 1992 and put into effect in 1994.
		It removes tariffs and other trade restrictions between the countries, effectively creating the world's largest open economic market (the other large market, the European Economic Community, also went into effect in 1994).
		Now in a state of perfect equilibrium, the income for each nation would equal what it spent so no one would have a trade imbalance (especially a trade deficit).
	www.prenhall.com /divisions/esm/app/ph-linear/leon/html/proj7.html (814 words)

	USCCB - North American Free Trade Agreement
		A new trade agreement – if its benefits in Mexico include greater respect for workers and their rights, greater educational opportunities, better health care, clean water and improved sanitation, and increased access by the poor to adequate housing—would be a far-reaching instrument of sustainable development.
		With the prospect of NAFTA we now have a specific example of a trade relationship which is in the process of negotiation and whose content can be affected by the public debate.
		We must make sure that in a trade agreement that will inevitably have some bearing on all of these conditions the poor are not further disadvantaged.
	www.usccb.org /sdwp/international/statm.htm (1648 words)

	NAFTA at Seven
		Each year since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on January 1, 1994, officials in Canada, Mexico, and the United States have regularly declared the agreement to be an unqualified success.
		The experience suggests that any wider free trade agreement extended to the hemisphere that does not give as much priority to labor and social development as it gives to the protection of investors and financiers is not viable.
		It has been promoted as an economic free lunch-a "win-win-win" for all three countries that should now be extended to the rest of the hemisphere in a Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement.
	www.epinet.org /content.cfm/briefingpapers_nafta01_index (1166 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement
		Most alarmingly, the three governments are working to extend this failed model throughout the Americas in the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas.
		The trade surplus the US enjoyed with Mexico before NAFTA has become an $24.2 billion per year deficit as of 2000.
		NAFTA has failed to deliver on its proponents’ promises to increase economic growth, to create more and better jobs and to strengthen democracy in the region.
	www.heureka.clara.net /gaia/nafta.htm (1543 words)

	USATODAY.com - Central American Free Trade Agreement faces obstacles
		The Central American Free Trade Agreement is a multinational deal that will create a free trade zone — a pact of unrestricted trading — between the USA and six countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
		But the debate about the trade pact is reviving arguments about the merits of free trade, similar to the controversy about the much larger 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that smashed barriers between the USA, Mexico and Canada.
		Part of trade expansion: CAFTA is a critical part of the Bush administrationand#146;s plan for expanding U.S. trade around the world, but faces strong opposition from the powerful sugar industry and organized labor, as well as some in the textile industry, who are pressuring representatives to reject the agreement.
	www.usatoday.com /money/economy/trade/2005-05-11-trade-usat_x.htm (2202 words)

	North American Free Trade Agreement. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
		Others argue that free trade creates more jobs in the United States than it destroys.
		It took effect in 1994 and is designed to eliminate trade barriers between the three nations by 2009.
		An agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to establish free trade.
	www.bartleby.com /59/14/northamerica.html (170 words)

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