Implementation of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, 1994. This agreement will
remove most barriers to trade and investment among the United
States, Canada, and Mexico.
Under the NAFTA, all non-tariff barriers to
agricultural trade between the United States and Mexico were
eliminated. In addition, many tariffs were eliminated
immediately, with others being phased out over periods of 5 to 15
years. This allowed for an
orderly adjustment to free trade with Mexico, with
full implementation beginning January 1, 2008.
The agricultural provisions of the U.S.-Canada
Free Trade Agreement, in effect since 1989, were incorporated
into the NAFTA. Under these provisions, all tariffs affecting
agricultural trade between the United States and Canada, with a
few exceptions for items covered by tariff-rate quotas, were
removed by January 1, 1998.
Mexico and Canada reached a separate bilateral
NAFTA agreement on market access for agricultural products. The
Mexican-Canadian agreement eliminated most tariffs either
immediately or over 5, 10, or 15 years. Tariffs between the two
countries affecting trade in dairy, poultry, eggs, and sugar are
maintained.
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NAFTA
Agricultural Fact Sheet (January 2008) |
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Fact Sheet: NAFTA
Myth vs. Fact
(03/03/08) |
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FAS Helps Electrify Countries in Latin America and Asia (March 27,
2008; .pdf) |
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NAFTA And Benefits To U.S. And Mexican Ag Trade
(USDA Radio News;
01/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S.
and Mexico Agree No Need To Renegotiate NAFTA
(USDA Radio News;
01/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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USDA
Official Says Sugar Producers Plan Detracts From
NAFTA
(USDA Radio News;
01/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Working Group Addresses U.S. And Mexican
Livestock Issues
(USDA Radio News;
01/23/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S., Mexico Work On Sanitary And Phytosanitary
Trade Barriers
(USDA Radio News;
01/24/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Working Group Helps Mexican Bean And Corn
Growers
(USDA Radio News;
01/25/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave) |
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U.S.-Mexican Officials Meet To Discuss NAFTA
(01/11/08) |
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Statement by Acting Agriculture Secretary
Chuck Conner on the Full Implementation of the
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(01/02/08) |
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Joint Statement on 2007 NAFTA Commission
Meeting (U.S. Trade Representative;
08/14/07) |
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Schwab Announces Retired Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to Serve on
Prestigious NAFTA Roster of Judges (U.S.
Department of State; 06/04/07) |
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NAFTA at 13: Implementation Nears Completion
(Economic Research Service; 03/27/06) |
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View a
Benefits of NAFTA PowerPoint Presentation
| Download the
PowerPoint (June 2006) |
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Strengthening NAFTA
Through U.S.–Mexican Cooperation in Agriculture
(March 2007;.pdf) |
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NAFTA: A Strong Record of Success
(March 2006) |
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NAFTA Myths (.pdf; May 2005) |
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Benefits
of NAFTA (May 2005)
View a
Benefits of NAFTA PowerPoint Presentation
| Download the
PowerPoint (May 2005) |
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Text of NAFTA |
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AgExporter
Magazine, Special NAFTA Issue (01/04)
Articles in FAS
Worldwide Magazine about NAFTA:
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USDA's Economic Research
Service's NAFTA resources: |
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U.S. Trade Representative's NAFTA Web page
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FAS Communications to
Congress:
The Benefits of NAFTA for U.S. Agriculture (04/20/04; View
PowerPoint
presentation | Download
PowerPoint
Presentation) |
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NAFTA Agriculture
Fact Sheets: Commodities and Other Topics (January 1998) |
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