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North American Free Trade Agreement

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North American Free Trade Agreement
➡ NAFTA.

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▪ Canada-United States-Mexico [1992]
 trade pact signed in 1992 that would gradually eliminate most tariffs (tariff) and other trade (free trade) barriers on products and services passing between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The pact would effectively create a free-trade bloc among the three largest countries of North America.

      NAFTA was inspired by the success of the European Community in eliminating tariffs in order to stimulate trade among its members. A Canadian-U.S. free-trade agreement was concluded in 1988, and NAFTA basically extended this agreement's provisions to Mexico. NAFTA was negotiated by the administrations of U.S. president George Bush (Bush, George), Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney (Mulroney, Brian), and Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Salinas de Gortari, Carlos). Preliminary agreement on the pact was reached in August 1992, and it was signed by the three leaders on December 17, 1992. NAFTA was ratified by the three countries' national legislatures in 1993 and went into effect on January 1, 1994.

      NAFTA's main provisions called for the gradual reduction of tariffs, customs duties, and other trade barriers between the three members, with some tariffs being removed immediately and others over periods of as long as 15 years. NAFTA ensured eventual duty-free access for a vast range of manufactured goods and commodities traded between the signatories. Other provisions were designed to give U.S. and Canadian companies greater access to Mexican markets in banking, insurance, advertising, telecommunications, and trucking.

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