Union, China, the Arab League and the proposed Middle Eastern Union, the leaders of the three nations agreed in 2005 to work more cooperatively on shared North American concerns. To this end, they agreed to establish the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). Reception In reference to this summit that established the SPP, this task force's final report stated, "We welcome this important development and offer this report to add urgency and specific recommendations to strengthen their efforts." These specific recommendations include developing a North American customs union, common market, investment fund, energy strategy, set of regulatory standards, security perimeter, border pass, and advisory council, among other common goals. Robert Pastor, one of this task force's vice-chairmen, has advocated such a monetary union and has suggested that North America's common currency might be called the "amero", which would be similar in concept to the EU's euro. On October 30, 2006, while speaking at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) 2006 Annual Conference in Ottawa, former American ambassador to Canada (2001–2005) and former Republican governor of Massachusetts Paul Cellucci indicated that, after further economic integration, a union would exist in everything but name: Task Force Members See also Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement North American Competitiveness Council North American currency union North American Union Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America References External links The North American Institute (NAMI) Supranational unions Continental unions Canada–United States relations Economy of North America Task forces sv:Nordamerikanska Unionen