Latest Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement Stories

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four leading U.S. public health groups are supporting reported efforts by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to protect nations' authority to enact measures to reduce tobacco use under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement the U.S. is negotiating with eight other countries, and urge USTR to present its proposal this week during negotiations in Dallas. The organizations are the American Cancer Society...

AKRON, Ohio, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VSAT Systems, a satellite telecommunications provider headquartered in Akron, Ohio, has been working diligently to get authorization under CAFTA for its reseller DatZap, LLC to conduct business in Costa Rica since early 2009. After having their application rejected once again, VSAT Systems has appealed to the Minister of MINAET (Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications). During the last three years, hundreds of pages of...

Specialty fabrics manufacturers are likely to be latest FTA collateral damage WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. specialty fabrics industry, a thriving textile sector in the U.S., took a direct hit Wednesday when the House and Senate majority voted in favor of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS). Under the win/lose terms of KORUS, South Korean goods will immediately enjoy duty-free entry into the U.S. market; but U.S. exports to South Korea will still be...

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Datzap, LLC is an Ohio based satellite telecommunications company that has been attempting to get a license to sell its services in Costa Rica. This license should have been granted routinely under the terms of CAFTA. We can all agree free trade agreements (FTAs) have the potential for providing enormous economic benefits when all participating nations honor their commitments from inception. However, when the environment is such that only the...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo Gerard, international president for the United Steelworkers (USW) expressed strong support for the historic decision by the Obama Administration and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to protect workers' safety and voices by moving forward with arbitration against Guatemala for violating labor rights under terms of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). (Logo:...

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Commerce and MAGIC are hosting an Americas Pavilion and Summit - "Sourcing in the Americas" - to highlight the United States and Western Hemisphere supply chain network. "Sourcing in the Americas" will showcase apparel, footwear, fabric and yarn mills, trims/component suppliers, and service providers, as well as promote business and investment in the Western Hemisphere. This summit brings together the U.S. Department of...

Specialty fabrics manufacturers to Congress: "Jobs are at stake!" ROSEVILLE, Minn., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a time when the U.S. is facing record unemployment, a group of specialty fabrics manufacturers is engaging in everything short of a bake sale in Washington, D.C. to draw attention to the latest fight for some of the last jobs still standing. Their most recent free trade versus fair trade confrontation involves the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (commonly known as...

FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its global expansion, ABF® is providing seamless, single-contact door delivery for customers shipping to the Dominican Republic. ABF expanded its Caribbean coverage in response to increased demand for shipping solutions from customers taking advantage of opportunities created by the United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, known informally as CAFTA. The Dominican Republic also serves as a staging...

By EDWIN TAMARA By Edwin Tamara The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Republican presidential candidate John McCain in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement that many Americans feel has cost them jobs. "I reject the false virtues of economic isolationism," McCain told the National Council of La Raza, a major Hispanic organization. "Any confident, competent country and its government should embrace competition," he...

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One year after labor groups vowed to punish 15 Democrats who joined Republicans in the U.S. Congress to approve a Central American free trade pact, most have easily won their party's nomination to run again. Democrats still angry about the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement now must decide whether to vote against the "CAFTA 15" in the November general election and possibly thwart their party's best chance in years of recapturing the House...