How much does NAFTA, CAFTA, and FREE TRADE have to do with today?

Feb 20, 2009 by seenit | Posted in Politics

How much has the above mentioned have to do with all the problems going on in this country, not to mention borrowing monies to pay for two wars the past seven years? Which party helped to pass the above mentioned?
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Other than our trading alliance with Canada, they are destroying our entire economy. Why Canada, you may ask. We have comparative socioeconomic systems. (We have similar standard of living and labor costs.) Removing trade barriers from developing countries

Thomas | Feb 20, 2009

USAID CAFTA-DR agreements

Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreements

Tour to promote CAFTA soon to begin

20.05.12

Together with the Tianjin municipal government, the center will hold a seminar on Friday to tell local enterprises and individuals how they can benefit from the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, which by 2015 will include all 10 ASEAN member countries,... The ASEAN-China Center will soon begin a tour to promote the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area as well as to help Chinese and Southeast Asian enterprises find more business opportunities and avoid risks.

Source: China Daily

House narrowly approves CAFTA - CNN

After an all-day, full-court press by the White House, the House early Thursday narrowly approved the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement, a pact supporters say will help strengthen fledgling democracies. Only 15 of the House's 202 Democrats broke ranks to support it. As the House debated deep into the night, Vice President Dick Cheney, two Cabinet secretaries and the U. S. trade representative were all in the Capitol, working with GOP leaders to... With Democrats nearly united in opposition to CAFTA, Bush took the unusual step of coming to Capitol Hill in person Wednesday to lobby members of his own party, painting the trade pact as a national security issue. House leaders held the vote open for an hour -- well past the normal 15-minute voting time -- as they rounded up enough votes to win....

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AllAfrica.com - May 20, 2012
The urgent changes needed to AGOA and CAFTA-DR would build on two key US trade initiatives that support trade and investment for more than forty-five of America's developing country partners in Africa and the Western Hemisphere - offering duty-free

The Significance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the United States
Brookings Institution - May 20, 2012
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Nicaragua sets pace for region under CAFTA
Tico Times - May 20, 2012
Nicaragua sets pace for region under CAFTA MANAGUA – After six years of record-setting growth in commerce and investment, Nicaragua continues to consolidate its position as the region's unlikely poster child for the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Though the Sandinista Front

Costa Rica: The Development of a New Insurance Market
Who's Who Legal - May 20, 2012
Despite the fact that previous bills were discussed in the National Congress in relation to a potential opening of the market to competition, it was not until the approval of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) that Costa Rica undertook

CAFTA Weakens Central America's Hand in Mining Conflicts
World Politics Review - May 20, 2012
Pacific Rim says the analysis was completed and claims El Salvador is blocking free trade. Pacific Rim derives its right to sue El Salvador from the Dominican Republic and Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). Signed in 2005, DR-CAFTA was