美国和加拿大两国政府经过长达16个月的谈判,终于在1988年初由里根总统和马尔罗尼总理分别签署了“美加自由贸易协定”。经过两国议会的批准,该协定已于1989年1月1日开始正式生效执行。根据这一协定,两国将在10年内最终建成当代世界最大的自由贸易区。两国在实现国际经济一体化道路上所迈出的这一重要一步,不仅对两国国内经济及两国国际经济关系的发展,而且对整 After 16-month negotiations between the governments of the United States and Canada, the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement was finally signed by President Reagan and Prime Minister Mulroney at the beginning of 1988 respectively. With the approval of the parliaments of the two countries, the agreement came into effect on January 1, 1989. Under this agreement, the two countries will eventually build the largest free trade area in the world in 10 years. This important step taken by the two countries on the road to international economic integration has taken an important step toward not only the development of the domestic economy and the international economic relations between the two countries,