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.
Introduction. Twenty years after its implementation, the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, has helped boost intraregional trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States, but has fallen short of generating the jobs and the deeper regional economic integration its advocates promised decades ago.