NAFTA

See also: nafta and naftą

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæftə/
• Rhymes: -æftə

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

NAFTA

1. Acronym of North American Free Trade Agreement.
   • 2019 April 18, Katie Lobosco and Haley Byrd, “Trump’s NAFTA replacement would have modest but positive impact, report finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     But given the size of the three countries’ economies, and the fact that NAFTA already eliminated most tariffs and trade barriers between them, “the impact of the agreement on the US economy is likely to be moderate,” the ITC report said.

   • 2023 November 23, Peter Zeihan, “Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan”, in Zeihan on Geopolitics, sourced from YouTube, 2:55–3:14:

     The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote. They’ve refused to admit that the only path forward for them is a crippling deal with the United States that will give them access to the NAFTA system but at the cost of any kind of economic sovereignty.

Coordinate terms

• FTA
• USMCA

Derived terms

• Nafta (used in British press, not used in North America)

Translations

North American Free Trade Agreement

• Finnish: NAFTA
• French: ALÉNA
• Russian: НА́ФТА (ru) f (NÁFTA)
• Spanish: TLCAN
• Swedish: NAFTA (sv)
• Turkish: KASTA, KAÜSTA, NAFTA (tr)

See also

• FTAA (“Free Trade Agreement of the Americas”)
• CETA (“Canada-Europe Trade Agreement”)
• TPP (“Trans-Pacific Partnership”)
• GATT (“General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade”)
• WTO (“World Trade Organization”)

Further reading

• NAFTA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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