Nafta

English

Etymology

From the acronym NAFTA, used in British press, not used in North America.

Proper noun

Nafta

  1. (economics, UK) Alternative letter-case form of NAFTA (“North American Free Trade Agreement”).
    • 2017 November 15, Ana Swanson, “Trump’s Trade Approach Diverges Sharply from Free Trade Republicans”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020, retrieved 9 January 2018:
      Lance Fritz, the president and C.E.O. of Union Pacific Railroad, said pulling out of Nafta would harm trade, which would in turn weigh on his business.
    • 2025 March 19, Jasmine Mooney, “I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped”, in The Guardian‎[2], archived from the original on 31 March 2025:
      I was granted my trade Nafta work visa, which allows Canadian and Mexican citizens to work in the US in specific professional occupations, on my second attempt.

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