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Article: USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS HIGHLIGHTS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA-U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SUCCESSES IN GUATEMALA

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September 6, 2007
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The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns spent two days in Guatemala, the second stop on a trip to highlight early successes in the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).

"The benefits of CAFTA-DR extend beyond reduced tariffs to important trade capacity building projects that strengthen communities - as I've witnessed today in Guatemala," said Johanns. "For the first year that CAFTA-DR has been in effect, two-way agricultural trade between the United States and Guatemala is up by more than 16 percent, and we expect that growth to continue."

Secretary Johanns announced that USDA will lead an ...

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