If words could only speak, they'd mean even less.. (English proverb) When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps. (Native American proverb, tribe unknown) A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being. (Arabic proverb) Life does not always go over roses. (Dutch proverb)
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de AmÃ©rica del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-Ã©change nord-amÃ©ricain, ALÃ©NA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was an international organization created in 1947 to reduce trade barriers through multilateral negotiations. In January 1995, the GATT was replaced by a stronger World Trade Organization (WTO), the result of eight years of GATT negotiations. Today, member countries number 125 (nearly the whole world except China, some former communist countries, and a number of small nations) and WTO rules apply to over 90 percent of international trade.