Capitol Hill seems ready to ditch the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (Cafta).
From a U.S. perspective, CAFTA is an economic agreement with profound national security implications.
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Whether the bills are illegal under CAFTA remains to be seen, though several experts doubt it.
They want substantive changes in the trade deal itself or CAFTA won't win their support.
We have CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which the administration would like to see working better.
If a Doha agreement ever reaches the House floor, the fight over CAFTA will seem but a skirmish.
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Critics counter that CAFTA will undermine certain U.S. industries and serve as a back-door to more Chinese imports.
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The vote was an exact tie, Aderholt was the holdout, and President Bush very much wanted CAFTA to pass.
Independent economists would argue, however, that CAFTA can actually be more of a benefit than a threat for Guatemala.
Cafta would generate economic growth for its members, thereby undergirding their nascent democracies.
Still, the campaign for CAFTA remains in an early phase on the Hill.
But CAFTA's strictures do not apply to several sensitive crops, such as white corn and Costa Rican potatoes and onions.
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Ratification of CAFTA will also show other countries that there are still tangible benefits to standing by the United States.
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They complain that some of the signatories to CAFTA fail to enforce labour standards laid down by the International Labour Organisation.
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Not only would the proposals decimate the industry, they say, they might also violate the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Washington's economic idiocy is also on display with Cafta, which involves the U.S., five Central American nations and the Dominican Republic.
Failure to ratify CAFTA would be seen as another case of the United States punishing its friends and benefiting its foes.
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There is hardly a Central American election which is not at least partly focused on CAFTA. Guatemalans have already tuned in.
The Bush Administration and other proponents of CAFTA contend that this trade agreement will increase markets in Central America for U.S. products.
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By providing more quality jobs in Central America, CAFTA will reduce the need for people to emigrate illegally to the United States.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The national security case for CAFTA
Extensive imports of alternative energy from CAFTA partners can help diversify US energy dependency away from Venezuela towards economic partners like Guatemala.
The House was voting on CAFTA, the Central America Free Trade Agreement.
When we negotiated the trade agreement called the CAFTA DR, which opened up new markets for Guatemalan farmers, the entrepreneurial spirit came forth.
Lawmakers can't tinker with CAFTA under the rules of "fast track" consideration, they can only vote for or against the whole package.
Bush will discuss CAFTA and other issues -- including drug trafficking and the battle over U.S. immigration policy -- with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger.
CAFTA's signatories, still has no paved roads reaching its Atlantic coast.
He has also promised not to oppose CAFTA. Funes prefers to be seen as a pragmatist in the category of President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva of Brazil.
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On Monday, Bush was also visiting a farm cooperative to try to argue that the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is helping improve the lives of the poor.
Given that adverse climate and the political reality that lawmakers faced in last November's elections, the White House made no effort last year to send CAFTA to Capitol Hill.
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with four Central American nations and the Dominican Republic, also concluded during the current Bush Administration, has stabilized their economic and political climates.
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