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Article: EL SALVADOR FIRST TO IMPLEMENT CAFTA, AND FIRST TO FEEL THE HEAVY HAND OF ITS NEW PARTNER.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- March 2, 2006
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First to ratify the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), El Salvador became on March 1 the first and only country in which the agreement is actually in force. US Trade Representative (USTR) Rob Portman announced the event after El Salvador acceded to last-minute, post-negotiation changes in the texts of the agreement that were assumed to have been closed. Opposition to the changes has been widespread, both internally and among onlookers in the other CAFTA countries. The Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) has taken the matter to court to overturn the treaty. In neighboring Guatemala, Enrique Lacs, vice minister of foreign trade, said, "The US ...
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