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

Abstract

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.