A conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement was held, in two parts, on 10 and 28 November 2014. This conference examined the impact of NAFTA on the North American region two decades after the agreement came into force, assessing what the pact has meant for business, the depth of its economic impact, its effects on the international relations of the region, and the extent to which it might have contributed to the development of a regional sense of identity and a regional approach to a broader range of issues.

Part I of the conference, offering "Business and Official Perspectives" on NAFTA and North American regionalism, took place on 10 November.  The second part of this conference, offering further contextualization and analysis of the North American regional project, followed on Friday, 28 November. 

TWENTY YEARS AFTER NAFTA: INTEGRATION, IDENTITY, AND REGIONALISM IN NORTH AMERICA
PART I: BUSINESS AND OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVES

PROGRAMME
2:30 - 3:00 pm REGISTRATION
Hilda Besse Building, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
3:00 – 3:15 pm WELCOMING AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Halbert Jones, North American Studies Programme, St Antony’s College
3:15 – 3:45 pm NAFTA, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES
Kenneth Smith Ramos, Secretariat of the Economy, Mexico
3:45 – 4:45 pm BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NAFTA
Carlos Uruchurtu, Vice President, Cemex
Lance Hastings, Head of Regulatory and Tax Affairs, SABMiller
Sophie Nappert, Arbitrator, Three Verulam Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London
4:45 – 5:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
5:00 – 6:30 pm OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVES: THE STATE OF NORTH AMERICAN REGIONALISM TODAY
Ambassador Diego Gómez Pickering of Mexico
Minister Counsellor Whitney Baird of the United States
Minister Mark Richardson of Canada
6:30 – 6:45 pm CONCLUDING REMARKS