NAFTA Research: NAFTA negotiations & texts

The North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") was signed on December 17, 1992. The U.S. signed the environmental and labor side agreements on September 14,1993. The NAFTA entered into force on January 1, 1994, and suspended the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement ("CFTA," 27 I.L.M. 281 (1988), in force 1989). For citations to the NAFTA, see the U.S., Canada and Mexico tabs in this guide. 

Side agreements were also signed:
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Border Environmental Cooperation Agreement (U.S. and Mexico)

For U.S. citations, see the United States tab in this guide.

See also U.S. legislative history, Mexico and Canada in this guide.