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USTR’s CAFTA-DR Briefing Book Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement Final Text (Office of the United States Trade Representative)

International Information Programs: Trade and Economics

Fact Sheets: United States Trade Representative

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for the U.S. Congress:
The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration (June, 2004)

Free Trade Area of the Americas

Honduras National Action Plan for Trade Capacity Building

Economic Profiles of Central America Centroamerica (Publication by the Government of Chile. In Spanish)

Centroamerica y el Caribe Evolucion del PIB (Publicacion de la CEPAL)

Fact Sheet -- U.S. - Central America Free Trade Agreement

"Trading in Freedom: The New Endeavor of the Americas"
Ambassador Robert Zoellick (USTR) Miami Herald's Sixth Annual Americas Conference

Building Trade Capacity in the Americas
By Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator U.S. Agency for International Development

Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement Official Website (USTR) CAFTA Website at U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua SIECA CAFTA Website (in Spanish) CAFTA Page at U.S. Embassy in Guatemala

Today I announce that the United States will explore a free trade agreement with the countries of Central America. My Administration will work closely with Congress towards this goal. Our purpose is to strengthen the economic ties we already have with these nations 'to reinforce their progress toward economic, political, and social reform ... and to take another step toward completing the Free Trade Area of the Americas. President George W. Bush, January 16, 2002

Declaration of Central American Presidents in support to the Negotiation of CAFTA (in Spanish)

International Trade Administration

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

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