North American Free Trade Agreement

British  

noun

1.  NAFTA.  an international trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico

---

North American Free Trade Agreement Cultural  

1. An agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to establish free trade. It took effect in 1994 and is designed to eliminate trade barriers between the three nations by 2009.

---

Discover More

Many American labor unions oppose NAFTA on the grounds that it takes away jobs from American workers as manufacturers relocate in Mexico to take advantage of cheaper labor. Others argue that free trade creates more jobs in the United States than it destroys.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

North American Free Trade Agreement

It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement, which had been in place since the 1990s.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The nearby Ambassador Bridge is nearly 100 years old and not big enough to handle the cross-border trade that has ballooned since the North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, came into force in 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

But 1994’s North American Free Trade Agreement opened the floodgates: now roughly 90% of the avocados consumed here are imported.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025

The agreement later included Mexico in 1994, evolving into the North American Free Trade Agreement.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

This site also maintains copies of the U.S. budget, documents related to the North American Free Trade Agreement and other government initiatives.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation