The United States has a trade agreement with Canada.
The Free Trade Agreement ( FTA ; French : Accord de libre-échange , ALE ) was a trade agreement reached by negotiators for Canada and the United States on October 4 , 1987 and signed by the leaders of both countries on January 2 , 1988 . The North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ; Spanish : Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte , TLCAN ; French : Accord de libre-échange nord-américain , ALÉNA ) is an agreement signed by Canada , Mexico , and the United States , creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America .