NAFTAn.

Brit.

/ˈnaftə/, U.S.

/ˈnæftə/

Forms: 1900s– N.A.F.T.A., 1900s– NAFTA, 1900s– Nafta.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North A tlantic (or American) Free Trade Area.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North A tlantic (or American) Free Trade Area.In later uses of sense 2, understood chiefly as an acronym < the initial letters of North American Free Trade Agreement.

1. Any of various proposed free trade areas centring on North America or the North Atlantic. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1967 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 Nov. 18/1 Supporting the idea of a North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA) including Britain, the United Slates, Canada and other industrialized nations.

1968 Econ. Jrnl. 78 698 The trouble is that N.A.F.T.A. does not have the same box-office appeal as E.E.C.

1976 J. Morgan in R. Crossman Diaries II. 84 (note) The proposal for NAFTA envisaged a free trade area of the EFTA countries, Canada and the United States, possibly embracing Australia and New Zealand as well.

1990 Econ. Jrnl. 100 1310 Despite the enthusiasm of Johnson and others for a North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA), and even of a Pacific Free Trade Area (PAFTA), nothing came of it: the United States remained indifferent to such notions.

2. spec. The free trade area created by the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1992 by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Hence also: the agreement itself; the market created by this.The 1992 treaty set out a programme for the gradual removal of tariffs and trade barriers between the three signatory nations, effective from January 1994.

ΚΠ

1990 Financial Times 29 Mar. 4/2 Mexico and the US have both expressed reservations about moves to tighten their trade links with a view to the eventual formation of a North American Free Trade Area (Nafta).

1991 Economist 24 Aug. 45/2 NAFTA promises..the elimination of all tariffs and other barriers to trade amongst its three members.

1994 United Church Observer Mar. 28/1 The Zapatistas say NAFTA will only intensify suffering among the poor, primarily indigenous population in Chiapas by destroying their agricultural way of life.

1998 Textile Horizons May 15/1 NAFTA should bring labour-cheap Mexico increased employment and exports, as well as cheaper imports.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nafta
释义	NAFTAn. Brit. /ˈnaftə/, U.S. /ˈnæftə/ Forms: 1900s– N.A.F.T.A., 1900s– NAFTA, 1900s– Nafta. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North A tlantic (or American) Free Trade Area. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North A tlantic (or American) Free Trade Area.In later uses of sense 2, understood chiefly as an acronym < the initial letters of North American Free Trade Agreement. 1. Any of various proposed free trade areas centring on North America or the North Atlantic. Now historical. ΚΠ 1967 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 Nov. 18/1 Supporting the idea of a North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA) including Britain, the United Slates, Canada and other industrialized nations. 1968 Econ. Jrnl. 78 698 The trouble is that N.A.F.T.A. does not have the same box-office appeal as E.E.C. 1976 J. Morgan in R. Crossman Diaries II. 84 (note) The proposal for NAFTA envisaged a free trade area of the EFTA countries, Canada and the United States, possibly embracing Australia and New Zealand as well. 1990 Econ. Jrnl. 100 1310 Despite the enthusiasm of Johnson and others for a North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA), and even of a Pacific Free Trade Area (PAFTA), nothing came of it: the United States remained indifferent to such notions. 2. spec. The free trade area created by the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1992 by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Hence also: the agreement itself; the market created by this.The 1992 treaty set out a programme for the gradual removal of tariffs and trade barriers between the three signatory nations, effective from January 1994. ΚΠ 1990 Financial Times 29 Mar. 4/2 Mexico and the US have both expressed reservations about moves to tighten their trade links with a view to the eventual formation of a North American Free Trade Area (Nafta). 1991 Economist 24 Aug. 45/2 NAFTA promises..the elimination of all tariffs and other barriers to trade amongst its three members. 1994 United Church Observer Mar. 28/1 The Zapatistas say NAFTA will only intensify suffering among the poor, primarily indigenous population in Chiapas by destroying their agricultural way of life. 1998 Textile Horizons May 15/1 NAFTA should bring labour-cheap Mexico increased employment and exports, as well as cheaper imports. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1967
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