NAFTA Free Trade Commission
Joint Statement
The NAFTA Free Trade Commission was established by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and is comprised of the ministers responsible for international trade in the three signatory countries. It has broad oversight responsibilities over the operation of NAFTA. The following is excerpted from "A Decade of Achievement" by U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick, Mexican Secretary of Economy Fernando Canales, and Canadian Minister of International Trade James Peterson. The joint statement was released on July 16, 2004.Ten years ago, our countries launched a bold initiative: to create the world’s largest free trade area, one that would knit our…
