Treaty establishing a free-trade area and instituting the Latin-American Free-Trade Association

Abstract

The Governments represented at the Inter-Governmental Conference for the Establishment of a Free-Trade Area among Latin American Countries, Persuaded that .the expansion of-.present national markets, through the gradual elimination of barriers to intra-regional trade, is a pre requisite, if the- Latin American countries are to' accelerate their economic development-, process in such a way as to ensure a higher level of living for their peoples,