Take advantage of free trade to grow your business in North America

Physical proximity and cultural alignment make North?America a natural first international market for many Canadian businesses, especially small and medium?sized enterprises (SMEs).

Canada’s free trade agreement (FTA) in North?America — the Canada–United?States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) — recently celebrated its fourth anniversary on July?1,?2024!

FTAs like CUSMA make global markets more accessible for Canadian businesses by lowering or removing barriers to trade, such as tariffs, and help make the exporting process faster, easier, and less costly. They serve as an excellent way to both increase your exports and diversify what and where you're exporting. Furthermore, these benefits apply to all types of businesses across different industries, whether you're shipping physical products or delivering services.

Dedicated provisions in CUSMA and other recent Canadian FTAs also advance inclusive trade by ensuring that the benefits of trade are more widely shared, including with women, Indigenous Peoples, and SMEs.

Learn how CUSMA can help set your business up for success:

• The CUSMA webpage offers comprehensive information on the agreement, including?benefits for your business, chapter summaries, and milestones, as?well?as?tools and resources.
• Explore key differences between CUSMA and its predecessor agreement, NAFTA.
• The Doing business in the United?States and Doing business in Mexico webpages provide market trends, sector reports, events, and resources to help you grow your?footprint in North?America with our help.

Your CUSMA toolkit also includes videos to help you better understand and make the?most of the agreement.

WATCH: Grow your Business in North America with CUSMA: Digital Trade

Other CUSMA videos on our YouTube channel:

• Grow your Business in North?America with CUSMA: Rules and Certification of Origin
• Grow your Business in North?America with CUSMA: Temporary Entry of Business?persons

CUSMA is one of Canada's 15?FTAs, which together cover 51?countries. Consult the?Canada Tariff Finder to explore tariff information for all of Canada's FTA partner?countries.

Ready to take advantage of CUSMA?

We can help.

Our network extends throughout North?America, with trade experts working in six?regional offices in Canada and on?the?ground in 19?offices across the U.S. and?Mexico.

Whether you're doing business abroad for the first time, or looking to expand into new countries, we are here to support you on your export journey and help you achieve your business goals.

Connect with us today to identify and unlock opportunities in your industry created by?CUSMA.

Connect with us at upcoming events

• MSPO 2024?— September?3 to 6, 2024 — Kielce, Poland. Sectors: Aerospace, defence and security
• Global Buyers Mission — September?5 to 7, 2024 — Whistler, British?Columbia. Sector: Forestry and wood products
• Carbon Capture Canada — September?10 to 12, 2024 — Edmonton, Alberta. Sectors: Clean technologies, oil and gas
• ALL IN 2024 — September?11 to 12, 2024 — Montreal, Quebec. Sectors: Aerospace,?automotive, clean technologies, financial and insurance services, industrial machinery, information and communications technologies, infrastructure,?life sciences, transportation
• ConteQ Expo 2024 — September?16 to 18, 2024 — Doha, Qatar. Sector: Infrastructure
• Webinar: Creating a unique online brand experience for Canadian exporters — September?19, 2024 — Online. Multi sectors

For more upcoming events, visit our Trade missions and events webpage.