S. and Canada compete for market share in the SAARC. Or, it could reflect Canada’s interest in forming trade pacts with 6 Asian nations more recently. However, a more disaggregated analysis is needed to provide further insight. Canada’s extra‐regional exports to the U. [...] S., and the proliferation of several Asian bilateral RTAs). Agricultural bilateral trade values over the period 1992‐2008 are retrieved from the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (Comtrade)8. We pay close attention to the WTO’s definition of agricultural products which are based on 10 multilateral trade negotiation (MTN) categories (see Table 2). Agricultural trade dat [...] S.) are coded mutually exclusive from one another (CACM until 2006, and CAFTADR from 2006‐2008) (see footnote to table 1). 15 presented in table 5, where the standard gravity equation coefficients have been suppressed for ease of exposition. The formation of each of the eleven regional blocs listed in the columns of table 5 has not adversely impacted RTA member exports to non‐member co [...] S. agricultural 18 exports. The recent proliferation of RTAs raises questions about their impact on the pattern of world agricultural trade and the ability of exporters to compete in foreign markets. The majority of applied studies found in the literature have focused attention on total merchandise trade and insider status or the degree to which mutual RTA membership expands trade among [...] S. agricultural exports. Preliminary results suggest that Canada and the United States, unlike most other non‐RTA‐specific 19 suppliers, have not been adversely affected by the latest wave of regionalism which began in the 1990’s. The only RTA exhibiting a decline in Canadian and U.