Timeline Saturday 2 January 1988

Events on Saturday 2 January 1988 1

• 1988 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement signed Landmark bilateral trade pact reduces tariffs Canada and the United States signed a free trade agreement eliminating most tariffs between the two countries over ten years. The deal was a precursor to the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1992. It remained politically contentious in Canada's 1988 federal election.