#cafta

It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#belief #beneficial #cafta #states #united

Well, look, let me put it this way. Back in 2005, when I was a freshman, I - I was the first Democrat to support CAFTA. My labor union folks made me their number-one target. They came after me, and I'm still here. ↗

— Henry Cuellar

#back #cafta #came #democrat #first

If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#american consumer #average #average american #becomes #cafta

The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#annually #billion #cafta #currently #goods

Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#does #evidenced #fair #fair trade #free

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#cafta #consumed #exports #kind #nations

I fear that CAFTA will accelerate the demise of these domestic textile jobs. ↗

— Howard Coble

#cafta #demise #domestic #fear #i

There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#actually #agreement #all nations #although #australia

U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. ↗

— John Shimkus

#benefit #cafta #corn #countries #exports