Trade Fact of the Day
U.S. goods exports to Colombia year-to-date through May 2008 amount to 4.8 billion, up 50.0 percent from the same period of 2007.
About Trade
"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."
President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008
Facts Of The Day
February 27, 2008
NAFTA demonstrates the benefits trade can bring to all countries. When NAFTA was implemented in 1994, it created the world’s largest free trade area, which now links 439 million people in an area that produces $15.3 trillion worth of goods and services. During the past decade, NAFTA partners have been conducting business within a framework that is extremely open, governed by clear rules and enforcement mechanisms, with the goal of greater economic integration and cooperation.
Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration
