NAFTA
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- noun
- /ˈnæf.tə/
- A more relevant consideration is what impact NAFTA will have on the Caribbean.
- NAFTA agreement
- free trade under NAFTA
- impact of NAFTA
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Watch on YouTubeOK, so then NAFTA predated Greenspan.
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- In the when the Bush admitted the Bush senior administration negotiated the NAFTA agreement and then Clinton came in.
- So that, you know, and, and, and, and Trump did, I thought a very, a very nice job on NAFTA renegotiating that deal.
- One thing I really liked about them the USMCA, which was an improvement of NAFTA.
- What were the big arguments against things like NAFTA and the, you know, the development and implementation of the World Trade Organization?
- But that's a real challenge for him since he's held up NAFTA as a signature program that's been damaging to the United States.
- And I, I think I, I would certainly argue that we NAFTA is better than no NAFTA.
- And these are huge things because it's, it's KAFTA, it's NAFTA, it's, it's things that are way beyond even intermediate institutions.
- But don't get me wrong, I'm I'm not trying to shill for NAFTA and anti JD here, but it was an example he gave.
Examples
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NAFTA led to a flooding of the Mexican market with cheap American corn.
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In 2010 alone, the US goods trade deficit with NAFTA countries expanded by 36.4% over 2009.
Blog text (12) -
This time it's NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Unlike a customs union, NAFTA will not establish common barriers to those outside.
Academic text (1991) -
The United States and Canada might not agree to let an independent Quebec join NAFTA.
Academic text (2008) -
During the NAFTA debate, people in all three countries had anxieties and reservations.
Academic text (2008) -
As a result of NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement - corporations from around the world have built factories in Mexico along the US border.
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Representatives of the textile and garment industries feel that NAFTA will lead to major restructuring in their industries.
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And consequently, it's easy right now to blame NAFTA or to praise NAFTA for Mexico's ills or for Mexico's successes.
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NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement, was designed to eliminate barriers to trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Synonyms
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An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Surface Forms
Morphology
NAFTA = N + A + F + T + A
NAFTA is an initialism whose component letters stand for words in a phrase; the letters themselves do not transparently convey the meaning to an average learner.
Etymology
The word NAFTA is made from the first letters of North, American, Free, Trade, Agreement. It is a short name for the trade deal that created 'free trade' between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.