Agricultural Trade in a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)

[摘要] As part of its overall trade strategy, the Bush Administration over the last year began negotiating bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with four regional blocs or countries. Negotiations on a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) involving Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua began in late January 2003 and are currently scheduled to conclude this December. While negotiators have reportedly made progress in a number of areas, efforts to formulate a framework for handling agricultural trade have been slow.

[发布日期] 2003-10-31 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Agriculture;Trade agreements - Central American countries - U.S.;Trade agreements - U.S. - Central American countries;Agriculture in foreign trade;Trade