Free Trade Area of the Americas

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf proposed free trade agreement ⓘ
trade bloc proposal ⓘ
abbreviation FTAA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ALCA ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Puebla (state)
launchedAtEvent Summit of the Americas ⓘ
launchedInCity Miami ⓘ
launchedInCountry United States ⓘ
negotiationEndApproximate mid-2000s ⓘ
negotiationLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
negotiationRoundLocation Buenos Aires ⓘ
Miami (ministerial meetings) ⓘ
linked to: Miami

Quebec City ⓘ
negotiationStartDate 1994-12-11 ⓘ
numberOfPotentialMembers 34 ⓘ
opposedBy Brazilian government at various stages ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 government ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
many business associations in the Americas ⓘ
wouldHaveIncluded Andean Community members ⓘ
CARICOM members ⓘ
MERCOSUR members ⓘ
NAFTA members ⓘ

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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 → Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas ⓘ
linked to: Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTAA → fullName → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ
FTAA → abbreviationFor → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ
ALCA → fullName → Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas ⓘ
linked to: Free Trade Area of the Americas
ALCA → fullName → Área de Livre Comércio das Américas ⓘ
linked to: Free Trade Area of the Americas
ALCA → acronymFor → Free Trade Area of the Americas ⓘ