United States Free Trade Agreements: North American Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Area of the Americas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: North American Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement, South Korea - United States Free Trade Agreement, Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement, United States - Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Peru - United States Trade Promotion Agreement, Chile - United States Free Trade Agreement, US-Middle East Free Trade Area, Canada - United States Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA's effect on United States employment, House Trade Working Group, Morocco - United States Free Trade Agreement, Singapore - United States Free Trade Agreement, Canada-United States Automotive Products Agreement, Malaysia-United States Free Trade Agreement, Oman - United States Free Trade Agreement, Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement, Israel - United States Free Trade Agreement, Bahrain - United States Free Trade Agreement, Jordan - United States Free Trade Agreement, Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus, Transatlantic Free Trade Area, United States - Thailand Free Trade Agreement. Excerpt: The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada - United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined GDP of its members, as of 2010 the trade bloc is the largest in the world. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has two supplements, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC). Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President Georg...