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Senate Prepares to Vote on CAFTA

HeadlineJun 30, 2005

On Capitol Hill, the Senate is expected to vote as early as today on CAFTA — the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The House is expected to take up the trade agreement in July. Earlier this week the Associated Press reported that the Labor Department kept secret for more than a year government-funded studies that supported claims by critics of CAFTA that several of the Central American countries have poor working conditions and have failed to protect workers’ rights.

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