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  1. Match synonyms:

1. to burgeon ( )

a) flexible

2. inception ( )

b) deliberately

3. to halt ( )

c) paragraph

4. defiance ( )

d) to stop

5. clause ( )

e) beginning

6. intentionally ( )

f) to produce

7. the globe ( )

g) a means

8. a vehicle ( )

h) refusal

9. to spawn ( )

i) to flourish

10. elastic ( )

j) the world

  1. Decipher the words in brackets and fill in the blanks:

    1. The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by the (eneogvrmnts) __________ of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a (areitltral) _________ trade bloc in North America.

    2. The goal of NAFTA was to (aimnelite) __________ barriers of trade and (nmvisnetet) _________ between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

    3. The World Bank showed that the combined percentage (hwgort) ________ of NAFTA imports was accompanied by an almost similar (secirnae) ________ of non- NAFTA exports.

    4. From the earliest negotiation, agriculture was ( and still remains) a (vonctroersail) __________ topic within NAFTA, as it has been with almost all free trade agreements that have been signed within the WTO (rwafmreok)_________.

    5. NAFTA- related environmental (htetras) ________ occurred in specific areas where government environmental policy, (afirsntrcutrue) _________, or mechanisms, were unprepared for the increasing scale of production under trade liberalization.

  1. Match elements from the two columns to form new words:

1. merch-

-ty

2. commod-

-ant

3. bord-

-ly

4. regard-

-way

5. world-

-arching

6. riv-

-ity

7. proper-

-al

8. over-

-wide

9. implement-

-pute

10. dis-

-er

11. lee-

-ation

12. similar-

-out

13. through-

-less

14. with-

-ual

15. intellect-

-in

  1. Match elements from the two columns to form correct noun phrases, translate them into Ukrainian and make up sentences:

1.common ( )

a) rights

2. steady ( )

b) groups

3. economic ( )

c) markets

4. fair ( )

d) rules

5. property ( )

e) output

6. direct ( )

f) regulation

7. intergovernmental ( )

g) stream

8. supranational ( )

h) investment

9. labor ( )

i) competition

10. environmental ( )

j) commissions

  1. Fill in the blanks with the following words: secretariats, converge, protection, deal, defiance, summit, duty, signed, condemned, flood.

  1. In 1995 the U.S., Canada and Mexico ________ the NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement.

  2. The plans to deepen the trade ________ were under attack from activists, trade unionists and farmers.

  3. Thousands of anti- globalization protesters were expected to converge on the ________, although the police had established a security cordon around the site.

  4. All the Democratic presidential candidates _________ the NAFTA trade deal as unfair to workers.

  5. The farmers said, the North American Free Trade Agreement had led to a ______ of cheaper imports from the United States and Canada.

  6. A treaty clause, allowing agriculture and livestock imports to enter Mexico free of ______ , would have an especially devastating effect.

  7. Carrying banners and machetes as a show of ________, the farmers traveled in from across the country.

  8. The treaty provides full _________ of intellectual property rights (patents, copyrights, and trademarks) and also includes provisions covering trade rules and dispute settlement.

  9. The national __________ keep records of panel, tribunal and commission meetings.

  10. Business interests and government interests often __________, especially when governments have neo-liberal economic agendas.