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Foreign Trade of the United States: United States - Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada - United States Trade Relation
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-20.
ISBN 9781156475447
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: United States - Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada - United States Trade Relations, House Trade Working Group, U.s. Import and Export Price Indexes, Import Certificates, Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement, Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus. Excerpt: The United States and Canada have the largest and most comprehensive trade relationship in the world. In 2006, total merchandise trade between the two countries consisted of $303.4 billion in imports and $230.3 billion in exports. The trade relationship between the two countries crosses all industries and is vital to both nations success. Each country is the largest trade partner of the other. The trade across Ambassador Bridge between Windsor , Ontario and Detroit , Michigan alone is equal to all the trade between the United States and Japan . Trade Before NAFTA Since 1866, free trade has been debated topic by Canadian politicians. Free trade was generally supported by the Liberal Party of Canada , and was a main topic in the 1911 Canadian Federal Election . After the Liberals lost that election, the topic was a non-issue for many years. Although there were many bilateral agreements reducing tariffs, a free trade agreement was not reached until the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988. The agreement intended to promote a free market between the two nations, and encourage investments within that market. North American Free Trade Agreement The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement laid the groundwork for a multilateral agreement between, the United States, Mexico , and Canada, called the North American Free Trade Agreement . NAFTA has helped fuel the relations between the three nations. Although there are some discrepancies between the countries especially in the area of automobiles and agriculture , th
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