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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force in 1994. Building on the foundations of the Canadian-US Free Trade Agreement of 1988, it brought together Canada, Mexico, and the US into the world’s second largest (by nominal GDP) trade area. Like many other post-Cold War trade agreements, NAFTA aimed at the elimination of a variety of tariff and non-tariff barriers to the circulation of goods, capital, and selected services. There was nothing especially unique, therefore, about NAFTA aside from its size.
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Duina, F. (2015). Beyond Free Trade: Accounting for Labor and Environmental Governance Standards in NAFTA. In: Börzel, T.A., van Hüllen, V. (eds) Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations. Governance and Limited Statehood Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137385642_10
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