Free trade agreements of the United States
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The United States is party to many free trade agreements (FTAs) worldwide.
United States
Beginning with the Theodore Roosevelt administration, the United States became a major player in international trade, especially with its neighboring territories in the Caribbean and Latin America. The United States helped negotiate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (later the World Trade Organization).
Active agreements
The following agreements are currently in effect, signature and entry into force dates are as listed by the World Trade Organization.[1]
Negotiations
The following agreements have begun negotiations since 2020.
| Nation (s) | No of nations represented |
Status | Note | Treaty | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya |
1 | Negotiations ongoing | Eighth round of negotiations took place in September 2024. | Kenya–United States Free Trade Agreement | [30][31] |
 United Kingdom |
1 | Negotiations stagnated | Fifth round of negotiations took place in October 2020. | United Kingdom–United States Free Trade Agreement | [32][33] |
Obsolete agreements
| Nation (s) | No of nations represented |
Signed | Effective | Obsolete | Treaty | Superseded by | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
1 | January 2, 1988 | January 1, 1989 | January 1, 1994 | Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement | NAFTA Canada Mexico |
[34] |
| NAFTA Canada Mexico |
2 | December 17, 1992 | January 1, 1994 | July 1, 2020 | North American Free Trade Agreement | USMCA Canada Mexico |
[35] |
