NAFTA, Canada, and Mexico: Congressionally Mandated NAFTA Report

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The North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act requires that the Secretary of Agriculture report to Congress from 1997 to 2011 about the effects of NAFTA on U.S. agricultural producers and rural communities.

The most recent NAFTA report discusses the accord's impact on the integration of the agricultural sectors of the member countries and the possibilities for advancing this process now that NAFTA’s project of agricultural trade liberalization is complete.

• NAFTA at 17: Full Implementation Leads To Increased Trade and Integration (March 2011)

Previous NAFTA reports, along with ERS research conducted prior to the agreement, offer extensive insights into the accord's impact on U.S. agriculture.

• NAFTA at 15: Building on Free Trade (March 2009)
• NAFTA at 13: Implementation Nears Completion (March 2007)
• NAFTA at 11: The Growing Integration of North American Agriculture (February 2005)
• Effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on Agriculture and the Rural Economy (July 2002)
• NAFTA Commodity Supplement (March 2000)
• NAFTA International Agriculture and Trade Report (August 1999)
• NAFTA International Agriculture and Trade Report (September 1997)
• NAFTA International Agriculture and Trade Report (September 1996)
• NAFTA International Agriculture and Trade Report (June 1995)
• Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on U.S. Agricultural Commodities (March 1993)