Americans on CAFTA and U.S. Trade Policy: Majority Ready to Support CAFTA, If More Trade Adjustment Assistance and Enforcement of Labor Standards

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2005-07-11Author
Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
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As the House of Representatives enters into intensive debate over ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a new PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds that a majority of Americans is ready to support CAFTA, but only if the United States also makes a commitment to greater trade adjustment assistance to help US workers and greater enforcement of labor standards in Central American countries.