central american free trade agreement

• Remarks by the President Upon Signing the Dominican Republic- Central American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of remarks By the President upon signing the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Ac: The East Room

• U.S. Newswire
• August 02, 2005

• Pregnancy discrimination in Latin America: the exclusion of 'employment discrimination' from the definition of 'labor laws' in the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Regional trading blocs and bilateral trade agreements have become increasingly important within the western hemisphere. The North American Free Trade ...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 1, January 2007

• Trade Debate Is Central to the Issue; As Congress Considers the Central American Free Trade Agreement, State Companies Discuss How It Will Affect Them

Robert Chesebro Jr. is afraid of losing his socks to the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The president of Wigwam Mills Inc. in Sheboygan worries the trade deal will give foreign sock makers an unfair cost advantage in selling their products in this country, thus undercutting his century-old company.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• July 18, 2005

• Textile and apparel categories: United States-Central American Free Trade Agreement; short supply requests— Shirting fabrics,

• FR, July 16, 2004
• Notices
• Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

• CAFTA battle rages in congress: the Central American Free Trade Agreement would not only destroy more U.S. jobs and businesses, but undermine our sovereignty.

Caving in to White House threats and bribes, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on June 30, by a vote of 54 to 45. ...

• The New American
• July 25, 2005

• Central American Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) Will Only Intensifyexploitation of Workers, Subordination of the Economies of Centralamerican

ATLANTA, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A joint Statement from African American and Latina Leaders: On July 27th, the House voted in favor of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) (217-215), a free trade agreement that for the most part eliminate tariffs on approximately $32 billion dollars in trade between the United States and the countries of the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

• U.S. Newswire
• July 28, 2005

• Latin Leaders to Lobby Congress On Trade; Central American Free Trade Agreement Faces Heavy Opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lobbyists for a day, six Latin American presidents are making a rare joint trek to the Capitol, trying to convince U.S. lawmakers that a free trade agreement linking the United States with their countries is in everyone's best interest. President Bush's call for reinforcements from overseas still might not carry the day. There is heavy opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement from U.S. labor unions, sugar farmers and groups upset with America's soaring trade deficits.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 12, 2005

• CAFTA's passing: more symbolic than substance: Central American Free Trade Agreement not likely to have major impact on regional economy.

For all the passion the Central American trade debate generated in Washington, D.C., it hasn't created much buzz in Southern California. After inten...

• San Diego Business Journal
• August 08, 2005

• Double Take: Is the Central American Free Trade Agreement Good for the United States?; Resorting to Protectionism Would Put Prosperity at Risk

History shows link between free trade and U.S. growth Free trade or protectionism - which is better for America? This fundamental question is at the root of a political battle that is brewing over the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• July 03, 2005

• January 2004 Marked a Significant Step for Costa Rica with the Signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38807) has announced the addition of "2006 Telecoms, Mobile and Br...

• Business Wire
• June 27, 2006