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Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade AgreementNegotiations started in January of 2003, and the agreement was originally signed by the US and the Central American countries in May of 2004. The Dominican Republic, located in the Caribbean, joined in August of 2004. The agreement is not yet in full effect, pending ratification.

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Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement - OAS provides text of August 2004 agreement, including side letters and understandings, in English and Spanish.

• Stop CAFTA Campaign - US-based group provides news articles, notices of US society and culture society and culture legislative actions, and outreach materials.
• CAFTA: A Treaty Tied by Chains - Commentary by Costa Rican José Merino del Rio.
• The Trouble With CAFTA - Critical article from the Nation by Mark Engler.
• US-CA-DR Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects - A lengthy US International Trade Commission report which central american free society and culture trade agreement - cafta considers the impact of the treaties on society and culture the central american free trade agreement - cafta US economy. Includes society and culture comments by business, government, and central american free trade agreement - society and culture cafta non-government organizations.[PDF]
• USTR - Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement - News and information about the US - CAFTA-DR issues Free Trade issues Agreement, including documents, press releases, Briefing issues Book, speeches and op-eds.
• Another Bad Trade Pact: From NAFTA to CAFTA - Opinion piece by Krystal Kyer published in Counterpunch.
• CAFTA: Part of the FTAA Puzzle - US-based Public Citizen provides analysis, links to news articles, and action alerts opposing ratification of the agreement.
• CAFTA - Summit Communications analysis of the treaty\\'s impact on El Salvador issues and Honduras.
• Central American Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia article on the proposed free trade agreement and its issues points of negotiation.
• United States Chamber of Commerce - Gives background on tariffs in the region, with analysis and central american free trade agreement - cafta anecdotes of trade success to date.

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