Tri-National Agricultural Accord

NASDA members continue to build relationships with Mexico’s state secretaries of agriculture and rural development and Canada’s provincial ministers of agriculture to identify opportunities to resolve trade-related issues in the NAFTA countries. In August 2006, the Province of Alberta hosted the 16th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord Meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Secretaries, Commissioners, Directors, Ministers, and senior government offi cials from eight Canadian provinces, 16 U.S. states, and 15 Mexican states worked together to improve understanding and strengthen collaboration among the agricultural sectors of the three countries.

In the last year, the tri-lateral working group on rural development agreed to a framework of cooperation and held three meetings: Oaxaca, Mexico, in August 2005; Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March 2006; and Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, in November 2006. The other two tri-lateral working groups on harmonization and trade remedy policies took steps to carry out plans in 2006-2007. The bi-lateral working groups are also working on work plans for the coming year. The director of the Nuevo Leon Corporation on Rural Development will host the 17th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord Meeting in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in April 2007.

TRI-NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ACCORD WEBSITE
The Accord website contains all communiques and working documents since 1999.

Official 17th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord meeting website: http://www.triaccordxvii.com.
Registration, agenda, visitor and travel information are available on this site.