1. Sugar Still A Barrier To Securing Trade Pact.
- Author
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Andrews, Edmund L.
- Subjects
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FREE trade , *PARTNERSHIP agreements , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *SUGAR industry , *INTERNATIONAL trade , *LOBBYISTS , *LOBBYING , *SUGAR growing , *SWEETENER industry , *SUGARCANE industry , *LEGISLATION , *ACTIVISTS , *PRESSURE groups , *FREE ports & zones ,CENTRAL American politics & government, 1979- ,UNITED States economic policy ,UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009 - Abstract
Reports that U.S. Republican Congressional leaders are struggling to line up enough votes to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would cut trade barriers with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Suggestion that the inability to placate sugar producers raises doubts about President George W. Bush's ability to push the trade deal through Congress; Issue of weak support for trade agreements; Strength of the sugar lobby; Views of legislators; Divisions within the Senate Finance Committee; Background on the agreement; Objections of sugar industry executives and their supporters in Congress.
- Published
- 2005