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NAFTA

American  
[naf-tuh] / ˈnæf tə /
Or Nafta

noun

  1. North American Free Trade Agreement.


NAFTA British  
/ ˈnæftə /

acronym

  1. North American Free Trade Agreement

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Again, this does not include products which meet the terms of NAFTA.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

After the passage of NAFTA, U.S. car manufacturers began to make use of parts produced inexpensively in Mexico that would have been much more expensive had they been produced in the United States.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The plant could have had tariffs applied on exports if found to be in violation of the USMCA, which has tougher labor rules than the earlier NAFTA.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2022

Boosterism over the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA, has all but disappeared on both sides of the Rio Grande.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

She borrowed her parents’ red Toyota and drove through the neighborhoods tucked behind the vast industrial corridor that had consumed Matamoros in the decades since NAFTA.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2021