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CAFTA
US - Central America Free Trade Agreement
The US House of Representatives approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement, overcoming objections by unions, sugar producers and textile makers in what became the most contentious trade fight in Congress in a decade.
The US House of Representatives narrowly approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement early Thursday, a personal triumph for President Bush.
In a showdown that could be a defining moment in President Bush's second term, Congress is preparing to vote this week on the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). And all eyes are on two Republican congressmen from Minnesota.
Trade talks with three Andean countries get underway in downtown Miami, but for free-trade supporters the key issue in town is still the Congressional vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
Criticism of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) currently being considered by the U.S. Congress has focused heavily on concerns that the treaty would devastate Central American farmers who would be forced to compete with heavily subsidized U.S. agribusiness.
A few words of unsolicited advice to Congress and the President, who appear bent on approving a Central America Free Trade Agreement to go along with the North American one best known as NAFTA: Please go slowly.
Workers and lawmakers in the textile belt fear that the deal, which is the president's trade priority, will send more production abroad.
The spokesman for the sugar industry found himself outnumbered at a Wednesday forum on a proposed trade deal that the sugar folk hate and many other Louisiana business interests love.
President Bush's proposed free trade agreement for Central America will strip national governments of important decision-making powers and hurt vulnerable people.
The Caricom/Costa Rica free trade agreement is being held up while Costa Rica debates what is, essentially, a model for future trade pacts.
