The Amero
By Ernesto Ruiz Díaz
The North American Currency Union is
a theoretical economic and monetary
union of three North American
countries: Canada, the United States
and Mexico.
Implementation would involve the three
countries giving up their current...
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The Amero
By Ernesto Ruiz Díaz
The North American Currency Union is
a theoretical economic and monetary
union of three North American
countries: Canada, the United States
and Mexico.
Implementation would involve the three
countries giving up their current
currency units (U.
S.
dollar, Canadian
dollar, and Mexican peso) and
adopting a new one, created
specifically for this purpose.
(Some
versions of the theory, particularly
those circulating in Canada, assume
only the United States and Canada
would be included.
) The hypothetical
currency for the union is most often
referred to as the amero.
The concept
is modeled on the common European
Union currency (the euro), and it is
argued to be a natural extension of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) and the Security
and Prosperity Partnership of North
America (SPP).
Conspiracy theorists contend that the
governments of the United States,
Canada, and Mexico are already
taking steps to implement such a
currency, as part of a "No
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