Can Cuba join NAFTA?

Wow. What a strech! First of all, if you perhaps mean geographically speaking, given the "North American" part of NAFTA, then yes, Cuba would qualify since the island is considered part of North America if you need to assign it to a continent. read more

The recent obsession with all things Cuban is the only explanation I can think of as to why the question of Cuba joining NAFTA, and not the Bahamas, would come up. read more

In summary, it should help Cuba in the long run, possibly a great deal, and have little effect on the other partners. That said, it is all pie-in-the-sky stuff in the current political environment and if NAFTA was open to expansion Chile would likely be the 1st candidate. read more

The first item on that agenda was the North American Free Trade Agreement, which linked the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and went into effect in 1994. read more