Cafta Quotes

These freely elected presidents came to us and said, 'Help us,' ... We help them by voting yes on CAFTA. - Bill Thomas

There's nothing to it... The actual text of the [CAFTA] agreement is what's binding and the text of the agreement is a catastrophe. - Lori Wallach

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

The Houston location offers considerable market exposure and access to current and potential customers. It will allow us to serve our valued customers in Texas, while developing and consolidating commercial relationships with the Latin American countries that are members of the CAFTA agreement and with Mexico. - J. Guillermo Villar

The entire CAFTA process has been conducted behind closed, with corporate interests granted almost everything they desire, while basic protections for people, be it worker rights, environmental sanity, or access to essential services have been sacrificed. - Tom Ricker

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

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

She was always willing to meet and strategize and support those who were working in favor of CAFTA. - Ana Navarro