Thank you very much, and I look forward to a lively dialogue following my esteemed colleagues’ remarks. 4  BIS Review 119/2007
Canada has promoted reduced barriers to multilateral trade since the Havana Conference of 1947, which launched the General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade. In 1989, Canada signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. In 1994, Mexico joined the group through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Both of these agreements initially sparked a great deal of political controversy in Canada.