Elena G. Komkova

The NAFTA model can be conceived of as an isosceles triangle, with the U.S. at the pinnacle of two very long, deep relationships with Canada and Mexico and a kind of a short end, which is Canada-Mexico relationship. This article briefly assesses the impacts of NAFTA on Mexico and Canada twenty years after the trade agreement's launch, and offers a general overview of the evolution and the present state of their bilateral relationship. It provides Mexico's, Canada's and U.S. perspectives of North American integration.