protocol means a set of rules and formats that govern the exchange of information between two peer entities for purposes of transferring signaling or data information;
public telecommunications transport network means public telecommunications infrastructure that permits telecommunications between defined network termination points;
public telecommunications transport networks or services means public telecommunications transport networks or public telecommunications transport services;
public telecommunications transport service means any telecommunications transport service required by a Party, explicitly or in effect, to be offered to the public generally, including telegraph, telephone, telex and data transmission, that typically involves the real-time transmission of customer- supplied information between two or more points without any end- to-end change in the form or content of the customer's information;
standards-related measure means a "standards-related measure" as defined in Article 915;
telecommunications means the transmission and reception of signals by any electromagnetic means; and
terminal equipment means any digital or analog device capable of processing, receiving, switching, signaling or transmitting signals by electromagnetic means and that is connected by radio or wire to a public telecommunications transport network at a termination point. NAFTA Chapter Fourteen Financial Services
Article 1401: Scope
1. This Chapter shall apply to measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to:
(a) financial institutions of another Party;