NAFTA’s initial objectives as stated in Chapter one of the agreement were to;

a) eliminate barriers to trade in, and facilitate the cross-border movement of, goods and services between the territories of the Parties;

b) promote conditions of fair competition in the free trade area;

c) increase substantially investment opportunities in the territories of the Parties;

d) provide adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in each Party's territory;

Many environmentalists are also opposed to the FTAA, as they feel that it does not do enough to protect the environment. US negotiators have already expressed their hope the all countries included in the FTAA will remove bans on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Environmentalists believe that the effects of GMOs have not been adequately tested and should not be in use until such testing is done. Further more The use of GMOs would give North American Farmers an unfair advantage as countries who do not have GMO’s available would become more dependent upon other countries.

f) establish a framework for further trilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of this Agreement.

The Agreement will be beneficial to Canada in most aspects with the exclusion of the possible privat

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