The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA / ˈnæftə / NAF-tə; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America.

Oct 18, 2000 · Besides the usual scare-mongering about security and terrorism, and empty rhetoric about democracy and human rights, the stated purpose of the Summit will be to put the final touches on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement.

Aug 22, 2013 · The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Mexican President Carlos Salinas, and U.S. President George H.W. Bush, came into effect on January 1, 1994. NAFTA has generated economic growth and rising standards of living for the people of all three member countries.

Jun 6, 2001 · Canada in the Free Trade Era. by Bruce Campbell, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It has been 12 years since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was implemented and seven years since it was renegotiated, extended to Mexico, and renamed NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Free Trade Area of the Americas began with the Summit of the Americas in Miami, Florida, on December 11, 1994, but the FTAA came to public attention during the Quebec City Summit of the Americas, held in Canada in 2001, a meeting targeted by massive anti-corporatization and anti-globalization protests.

Apr 14, 2011 · The protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas at the Summit of the Americas meeting in Quebec City took place April 20-21, 2001, ten years ago next week. More than 100 Council of Canadians chapter activists, 16 staff and 8 Board members were in Quebec City to protest the FTAA.

On April 20 and 21, 2001, 34 heads of state from North and South America gathered in Quebec City for the third Summit of the Americas. It was a round of negotiations toward a proposed new continental trade agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), modelled after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Nov 11, 2022 · NAFTA (full form - North American Free Trade Agreement), is a three-tie-up agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. It aimed at removing tariff rates while importing-exporting goods.

In Quebec City Canadian and American grass-roots activists recently joined forces in protesting the Summit of the Americas and the extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), consisting of the United States, Canada, and

BUILD on their respective rights and obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other multilateral and bilateral instruments of cooperation; ENHANCE the competitiveness of their firms in global markets;