Commission Meetings

• 2007 NAFTA Commission Meeting

  • Joint Statement - Vancouver, British Columbia, August 14, 2007
  • Annex
    • Spanish version
  • News Release - August 14, 2007
  • Related Link
  
  

• 2006 NAFTA Commission Meeting

  • Joint Statement - Acapulco, Mexico, March 24, 2006
  • Press Release - March 24, 2006
    
    

• Report from the Trilateral Working Group on Textiles and Apparel to the NAFTA Free Trade Commission - March 7, 2005
  (spanish version)

• 2004 NAFTA Commission Meeting

  • Joint Statement - San Antonio, Texas, July 16, 2004
  • Press Release - July 16, 2004
  • NAFTA Chapter 11 - Trilateral Negotiating Draft Texts
  
  

• Canada's Experience with NAFTA
  On October 6, 2003, when the Minister for International Trade launched a student multimedia competition, NAFTA: Canada's Experience, the objective was to encourage university students to engage in a lively, informed dialogue on the impact and role of trade liberalization in North America.

  Close to 40 essays and videos were reviewed by our panel of experts. Three winners as well as three honourable mentions were selected. Read the winning essays:

  • 1st Prize: Elizabeth Cobbett, Concordia University
  • 2nd Prize: Francis Bedros, Carleton University
  • 3rd Prize: Irène Artru, Université Laval
  • Honourable Mention:
    • Hanako Saito, University of Calgary
    • Rafael Pacquing, University of British Columbia
    • Szandra Bereczky, McGill University
  
  

• “Celebrating NAFTA at Ten” NAFTA Commission Meeting
  Joint Statement - Montreal, Canada, October 7, 2003

  • Statement of the Free Trade Commission on Notices of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration (pdf 7 pages, 26 KB)
  • Statement of Canada on Open Hearings in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Arbitrations
  • Statement of the Free Trade Commission on non-disputing party participation (pdf 3 pages, 13 KB)
  • Joint Statement of NAFTA Governments - On the Establishment, Operation and Initial Agenda of a North American Steel Trade Committee

• NAFTA at Ten: A Decade of Strengthening a Dynamic Relationship (english pdf | spanish pdf)

• Press Release - NAFTA Commission Joint Statement - October 7, 2003

• NAFTA Multistakeholder Roundtable Discussion - On October 6, 2003, at the Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, in Montreal.

• Press Release - The Government of Canada celebrates
  NAFTA@10 - October 6, 2003

• NAFTA@10: A Preliminary Report (pdf)

• 8th Anniversary NAFTA Commission Meeting
  Joint Statement - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, May 28, 2002

• 7th Anniversary NAFTA Commission Meeting
  Joint Statement - Washington, D.C. - July 31, 2001