CAFTA Updates
- 07/26/05 - Administration and Industry Lobbying Together for Trade Votes
- 07/26/05 - New Intellectual Property Protects Announced in CAFTA Fight
- 07/26/05 - The Ortega Free Trade Fear Factor
- 07/21/05 - Administration Trying to Build CAFTA Majority Vote by Vote
- 07/21/05 - House Vote on CAFTA Tentatively Scheduled for July 27
- 07/20/05 - Democrat Whip Predicts CAFTA will Pass
- 07/20/05 - Grand Rapids Press Runs Article on CAFTA
- 07/19/05 - Seattle Area Congressperson Comes Out Against CAFTA
- 07/16/05 - Bush Speaks on CAFTA
- 07/16/05 - CAFTA and China
- 07/16/05 - No New Support for CAFTA over July 4 Recess
- 07/13/05 - House Committee Member Presses for CAFTA Vote
- 07/13/05 - White House Aiming for Late July Vote on CAFTA
- 07/13/05 - Poll: People Support CAFTA If It Includes Labor Protections
- 07/11/05 - CAFTA: Losing Proposition for the Hemisphere
- 07/11/05 - CAFTA Tentatively Scheduled for Vote Week of July 18
- 07/08/05 - Debbie Stabbenow's Statement in Opposition to CAFTA
- 07/08/05 - Carl Levin's Statement in Opposition to CAFTA
- 07/07/05 - New Report Details the Fake "Sugar Deal"
- 07/05/05 - Money Talks
- 07/05/05 - Breakdown of Senate CAFTA Vote
- 07/03/05 - Rep. Bernie Sanders: "CAFTA is a Disaster for the People of Central America and the USA"
- 06/29/05 - House Whip Count Shows Votes for CAFTA Lacking
- 06/29/05 - U.S. Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports
- 06/29/05 - Senate Finance Committe Votes to Recommend CAFTA
- 06/29/05 - Article: An Impossible Victory for CAFTA?
- 06/28/05 - House Committee to Vote on CAFTA Recommendation Tomorrow
- 06/28/05 - Notes from 06/28/05 Senate Finance Committee Hearing
- 06/27/05 - Article: Bush Likely to Pay High Price for CAFTA Accord
- 06/27/05 - Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on CAFTA Tomorrow
- 06/24/05 - Call Ehlers to Express Opposition to CAFTA
- 06/24/05 - CAFTA Sent to Congress
- 06/23/05 - Press Release: There is No CAFTA Sugar Deal
- 06/23/05 - Bush Speaks on CAFTA
- 06/23/05 - CAFTA Deserves a Quiet Death
- 06/22/05 - For CAFTA, Party Pressure and Pork
- 06/22/05 - CAFTA will Lead to Increased Ethanol Exports
- 06/17/05 - Senators Say USDA's Fake News Not Fair and Balanced
- 06/16/05 - Report: Promises for Trade Deals Rarely Kept
- 06/14/05 - Notes from Senate Mock Markup on DR-CAFTA
- 06/13/05 - Washington Post: CAFTA in Peril on Capitol Hill
- 06/12/05 - USTR Announces 3-Step Program to Boost CAFTA Labor Provisions
- 06/12/05 - Bush, GOP Leaders Moving for CAFTA Vote
- 06/09/05 - Report: CAFTA Hindering Developing Nations Access to Medicines
- 06/09/05 - China Trade Policy Being Used to Leverage CAFTA Votes
- 06/08/05 - Statements from Yesterday's CAFTA Hearing
- 06/07/05 - Against CAFTA
- 06/06/05 - CAFTA's Debt Trap
- 06/03/05 - Blue Dogs likely to vote on DR-CAFTA individually, not as block
- 06/03/05 - Frist sees CAFTA floor vote in late June, as Florida citrus backs deal
- 06/02/05 - New Study on the Negative Impact of CAFTA on Farmers
- 06/01/05 - Bush Comments Publicly on CAFTA
- 05/31/05 - Meeting Tomorrow
- 05/31/05 - Senate Hearing on CAFTA Next Week
- 05/28/05 - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Statement Against CAFTA
- 05/28/05 - Costa Rican President Announces he is "Undecided" on CAFTA
- 05/27/05 - Bush Pushes for CAFTA
- 05/26/05 - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Votes to Oppose CAFTA
- 05/25/05 - Action Alert: Republican Leadership to Introduce CAFTA in June
- 05/24/05 - CAFTA Legislation Coming the Week of June 13
- 05/23/05 - CAFTA Discussion June 2
- 05/23/05 - Two Representatives Announce Opposition to CAFTA; Two Democrats to Announce Support
- 05/20/05 - Update on CAFTA and Protests in El Salvador
- 05/19/05 - Former US Trade Representative Zoellick on CAFTA
- 05/18/05 - CAFTA Unlikely to be Voted on before Memorial Day
- 05/18/05 - Lobbyists Target Congressional Black Caucus
- 05/17/05 - Survey Indicates CAFTA Opponents Nearing Votes to Defeat Deal
- 05/16/05 - New Hampshire Joins States in Rejecting CAFTA Procurement Policy
- 05/14/05 - Offices of Anti-CAFTA Groups Raided in Guatemala
- 05/14/05 - Community Forum: "Globalism and Michigan: Where Do We Fit In?"
- 05/13/05 - CAFTA Finally Receives Mainstream Press Attention
- 05/12/05 - Central American NGOs Release Letters to Congress on Environmental Provisions
- 05/11/05 - CAFTA Protests on National Call-in Day
- 05/10/05 - CAFTA Call-In Day Today
- 05/06/05 - Senate to Set Date for CAFTA Vote as USTR Considers Amending CAFTA Text
- 05/06/05 - CAFTA Will Delay Competition from Generic Medicines; Encourage High Drug Costs
- 05/05/05 - Report: CAFTA Threatens US and Central American Sugar Farmers
- 05/05/05 -
Democratic Group Opposes CAFTA
- 05/04/05 - Costa Rica Having Doubts about CAFTA
- 05/03/05 - Chamber of Commerce Sponsors CAFTA Presidents Tour
- 05/02/05 - Bush Working on Visit for CAFTA Presidents, Finance Committee Stalled
- 04/28/05 - Humane Society Supporting CAFTA
- 04/27/05 - CAFTA Action Caucus Senator Comes out in Support of CAFTA
- 04/26/05 - Facts and Myths about CAFTA Factsheet
- 04/26/05 - CAFTA Hearing in the House this Thursday
- 04/24/05 - Resolution Introduced Seeking Suppressed Report on Central American Labor Laws
- 04/22/05 - Account of CAFTA Hearing in House
- 04/21/05 - Showdown looms as hearings on CAFTA begin in the House
- 04/20/05 - Bush Fails to Push for CAFTA at Speech to Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- 04/19/05 - Bush Seeking Support of Hispanic Representatives
- 04/18/05 - Recent Anti-CAFTA Protests in El Salvador
- 04/14/05 - Senators Question CAFTA at Finance Committee Hearing
- 04/14/05 - Despite Ratification, Anti-CAFTA Protests Continue in Guatemala
- 04/14/05 - Even Members of the GOP are Wary of CAFTA
- 04/14/05 - Central Americans Continue to Expose CAFTA
- 04/13/05 - Bush Administration Granting Concessions to Pass CAFTA?
- 04/12/05 - Rep. Ehlers Town Hall Meeting
- 04/12/05 - Next "Stop CAFTA" Meeting
- 04/11/05 - CAFTA National Call-in Day
- 04/10/05 - CAFTA Panel Discussion at GVSU
- 04/07/05 - Congress to Take Up CAFTA in May