The Canada–Central American Four Free Trade Agreement was a proposed
free trade agreement between
Canada and the Central American states of
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
,
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
,
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
, and
Nicaragua (collectively referred to as the Central American Four or CA4). Twelve rounds of negotiations were undertaken between 2001 and 2010, after which no agreement had been reached. Canada and Honduras instead decided to pursue
a bilateral agreement between themselves, and those negotiations concluded successfully in August 2011.
The
United States negotiated and ratified a similar treaty with these countries, called the
Central American Free Trade Agreement. In a referendum on October 7, 2007, the voters of Costa Rica narrowly backed the free trade agreement with the U.S., with about 52 percent of "Yes" votes.
Costa Ricans narrowly back free trade with U.S. - Reuters, 8 October 2007
See also
* List of free trade agreements
Notes
References
External links
Statement by the Canadian Council for International Co-operation
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Politics of Central America
Proposed free trade agreements
Canada–Guatemala relations
Canada–El Salvador relations
Canada–Honduras relations
Economy of Central America
Canada–Nicaragua relations