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North American Union
The Independent Task Force on North America
was a project organized by the United States Council on Foreign
Relations, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, and the Mexican
Council on Foreign Relations. It was chaired by former Canadian
politician John Manley and advocates a greater economic and social
integration between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
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Un-Official Flag of North American Union |
It was launched in October 2004 and published two documents: Trinational Call
for a North American Economic and Security Community by 2010 (March 2005) and
its final report Building a North American Community[1] (May 2005).
The final report proposed increased international cooperation between the
nations of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, similar in some respects to
that of the European Union.
Some Internet sources claim that this report, despite its own language rejecting
a political union, would create a North American Union, which would link the
three North American countries into a political union in the model of the
European Union. Some envision this new North American Union as having its own
currency known as the amero, which would replace the Mexican peso, U.S. dollar
and Canadian dollar.
In recent times, the three North American nation-states have been increasing
their economic ties, accelerating the process with the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA).
In response to the demands of increasing globalization and shared concerns from
abroad, such as the increasing clout of other economic spheres such as the
European Union and China, the leaders of the three nations agreed in 2005 to
work more cooperatively on shared North American concerns. To this end, they
agreed to establish the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
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Map of the North American Union
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