North American Union (NAU) is a term used by citizens of the United States and Canada to describe an initiative by a public/private partnership of US, Canadian and Mexican officials, plus private citizens, who are working towards strengthening the political and economic ties of the their three countries to each other. Members of this public/private partnership, such as Andrés Rozental, president of the Mexican Council on International Affairs, state they intend to "build the idea of a North American community that would deal with the issue of broader economic and political integration"[1]. Robert Pastor, author of 'Toward a North American Community', "integration can be defined as a process by which two or more parties come together to form a whole or new relationship." [2]. Political and social activists are concerned that this initiative will lead to the creation of a new political and economic entity that will supercede the current countries of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
This iniative is also referred to by the following names: