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Bush push for CAFTA

  • 30/07/2005

Bush push for CAFTA The much-opposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (cafta) was approved by the us Senate on June 30, 2005, after a heated debate. The treaty will remove most restrictions on the nearly us$32 million trade of the us with the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. cafta has witnessed widespread resistance in the Central American nations too (see Down To Earth,