Canada, Having Obtained Concessions, to OK NAFTA
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OTTAWA — Canada’s new Liberal government announced Thursday that it will allow the North American Free Trade Agreement to go into effect, after obtaining improved rules on subsidies and the dumping of cheap goods.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who had threatened not to enact implementing legislation without the changes, said Canada will proclaim the law, allowing the pact with Mexico and the United States to go into effect as scheduled Jan. 1.
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