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Article: CAFTA a boon to small businesses.(ViewPoint)(Central American Free Trade Agreement)(international trade in United States)
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- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 13, 2005
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Congress will soon begin debating about the value of expanding trade with out friends in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and FA Salvador. From the perspective of a former small-business owner, the prospect of expanding trade opportunities through the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement is encouraging.
DR-CAFTA will level the playing field for American workers, farmers and ranchers by reducing and eliminating onerous tariffs and regulations. Consider this: currently, 80 percent of imports enter the United States from the DR-CAFTA countries duty-free. The same is not true for American exports, on which ...