Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australia
Brunei
Canada
Chile
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Peru
Singapore
United States
Vietnam
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
United States
European Union
N. American leaders look East to revamp NAFTA
http://wedg.millenniumweekend.org/fo...ghlight=amigos
NAFTA
United States
Canada
Mexico
From a thread dated January 2014
This is an opinion piece written by the Prime Minister at the time NAFTA was signed defending NAFTA
Three Amigos must revive the spirit of NAFTA
http://wedg.millenniumweekend.org/fo...ghlight=amigos
UNASUR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_...erican_Nations
Organization of American States (OAS)(35 countries)
All 35 independent states of the Americas have ratified the OAS Charter and are members of the Organization.
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda.
Argentina
Barbados
Belize.
Bolivia
Brazil .
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica (Commonwealth of)
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
The Bahamas (Commonwealth of)
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
In other words, all of North, Central and South America
Australia
Brunei
Canada
Chile
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Peru
Singapore
United States
Vietnam
Other countries interested in TPP membership include Taiwan,[22] the Philippines,[23] and Colombia[24] as of 2010; Thailand[25] and Laos[26] as of 2012; and Indonesia,[27] Cambodia,[28] Bangladesh,[29] and India[30] as of 2013. According to law professor Edmund Sim in 2013, many of these countries needed to change their protectionist trade policies in order to join the TPP.[31]
United States
European Union
N. American leaders look East to revamp NAFTA
Plugging Holes
U.S. officials say the TPP could prompt the North American partners to agree on labor and environmental standards that have lacked within NAFTA.
“There's been some criticism in the past around some of the issues that were not addressed in NAFTA,” a senior U.S. administration official said on condition of anonymity. “TPP is in part intended to plug those holes.”
The U.S. official said the administration hopes to complete the 12-nation TPP deal this year after failing to reach an agreement in 2013.
The TPP project includes the NAFTA nations along with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, making up 40 percent of the global economy.
Experts say that another way to improve NAFTA is to revamp the U.S.-Mexican border because trucks are being held up too long at customs.
“We have to tell the United States and Canada that despite the interest in TPP, we must continue to improve the functioning of NAFTA,” said Luis de la Calle, a former Mexican trade official who was involved in NAFTA negotiations.
U.S. officials say the TPP could prompt the North American partners to agree on labor and environmental standards that have lacked within NAFTA.
“There's been some criticism in the past around some of the issues that were not addressed in NAFTA,” a senior U.S. administration official said on condition of anonymity. “TPP is in part intended to plug those holes.”
The U.S. official said the administration hopes to complete the 12-nation TPP deal this year after failing to reach an agreement in 2013.
The TPP project includes the NAFTA nations along with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, making up 40 percent of the global economy.
Experts say that another way to improve NAFTA is to revamp the U.S.-Mexican border because trucks are being held up too long at customs.
“We have to tell the United States and Canada that despite the interest in TPP, we must continue to improve the functioning of NAFTA,” said Luis de la Calle, a former Mexican trade official who was involved in NAFTA negotiations.
NAFTA
United States
Canada
Mexico
From a thread dated January 2014
This is an opinion piece written by the Prime Minister at the time NAFTA was signed defending NAFTA
Three Amigos must revive the spirit of NAFTA
In 20 years, NAFTA became the world’s largest trading bloc, with a combined GDP of roughly $19-trillion (U.S.). Accounting together for almost $7-trillion in exports and imports, the three have become what former U.S. secretary of state George Shultz characterized as a “global powerhouse.”
As my good friend George H.W. Bush has said, America “simply cannot retreat from the world; we cannot withdraw into a ‘Fortress America’; we cannot give in to the selfish voices of isolation and the timid voices of protectionism.” The best tonic of all now would be confirmation that the U.S. economic recovery is real.
UNASUR
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_...erican_Nations
Organization of American States (OAS)(35 countries)
All 35 independent states of the Americas have ratified the OAS Charter and are members of the Organization.
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda.
Argentina
Barbados
Belize.
Bolivia
Brazil .
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica (Commonwealth of)
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
The Bahamas (Commonwealth of)
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
In other words, all of North, Central and South America
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