IT is mighty hard to vote against a trade agreement in a state as dependent on trade as Washington. Upon close examination, however, we need to renegotiate the Central American Free Trade Agreement ...

At the USMEF Spring Conference, Ricardo Zúñiga highlights how industry voices protected the Central American trade floor — ...

Americans might be so focused on expanding freedom and democracy in the Muslim world that we'll blow an historic opportunity to promote those causes in our own backyard. That's what will happen if ...

I'd like to begin today with a story about history and headlines. As I walk along the corridors in the State Department, I step through history. Lining the walls are portraits of former Secretaries of ...

A decade ago, after bitter debate, the North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico passed Congress, aided mightily by a Democratic president who supported a march ...

GUATEMALA CITY — When Central American apparel executives discuss U.S. politics, they focus on whether the Central American Free Trade Agreement will pass, not the presidential election nor the war in ...

David Carney’s arguments in favor of CAFTA, the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (May 27-June 9, New Hampshire Business Review), bear a striking resemblance to the ones made on behalf of ...

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) would generate undeniable benefits for large U.S. constituencies. Consumers would pay lower prices for a wide range of products. The goods and ...

President Bush signed the Central America Free Trade Agreement into law Tuesday, hailing the seven-nation pact as an open-door policy that will benefit U.S. exporters and seed prosperity and democracy ...

WASHINGTON – Two major groups representing the textile industry, which is highly sensitive to foreign competition, came out on opposing sides Monday in the debate over a free trade agreement with six ...

President Bush visited Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge lawmakers to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which some legislators fear will threaten jobs. Experts make the case for and against ...

The House is set to vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Some U.S. dairy farmers believe CAFTA will help business, while some sugar farmers disagree. The agricultural products that ...