Free Trade Area of the Americas

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proposed free trade agreement trade bloc proposal

The Free Trade Area of the Americas was a proposed Western Hemisphere-wide trade agreement aimed at reducing or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers among countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Free Trade Area of the Americas canonical	2
Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	proposed free trade agreement ⓘ trade bloc proposal ⓘ
abbreviation	FTAA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ALCA ⓘ Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas
areaCoveredIfImplemented	Western Hemisphere ⓘ
continent	Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
covers	goods ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ investment ⓘ services ⓘ
goal	eliminate trade barriers ⓘ liberalize trade in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ reduce tariffs ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Mexico ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Puebla (state) ⓘ surface form: Puebla
launchedAtEvent	1994 Summit of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Summit of the Americas
launchedInCity	Miami ⓘ
launchedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
negotiationEndApproximate	mid-2000s ⓘ
negotiationLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiationRoundLocation	Buenos Aires ⓘ Miami ⓘ surface form: Miami (ministerial meetings) Quebec City ⓘ
negotiationStartDate	1994-12-11 ⓘ
numberOfPotentialMembers	34 ⓘ
opposedBy	Brazilian government at various stages ⓘ Venezuela under Hugo Chávez ⓘ surface form: Venezuelan government under Hugo Chávez environmental NGOs ⓘ labor unions in multiple countries ⓘ social movements in the Americas ⓘ
proposedBy	34 democratic countries of the Americas excluding Cuba ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
reasonForFailure	concerns about U.S. dominance ⓘ concerns about impact on labor and environment ⓘ disagreements over scope of liberalization ⓘ domestic political opposition in several countries ⓘ opposition from some South American governments ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedConcept	free trade ⓘ regional integration in the Americas ⓘ
status	abandoned in practice ⓘ never implemented ⓘ stalled ⓘ
subjectOf	anti-globalization protests in the early 2000s ⓘ
successorInPractice	bilateral and regional trade agreements in the Americas ⓘ
supportedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Canadian government United States government ⓘ many business associations in the Americas ⓘ
wouldHaveIncluded	Andean Community members ⓘ CARICOM members ⓘ MERCOSUR members ⓘ NAFTA members ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ALBA → foundedAsAlternativeTo → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ

Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas → opposes → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ

Free Trade Area of the Americas → alsoKnownAs → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas