Catherwood LibraryILR School

The Bush administration's efforts to push the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) through Congress have hit a snag, as sugar producers have become angry that the agreement would allow slightly increased imports. Sugar producers have added their voices to the growing list of opponents to Bush's CAFTA plans. Democratic lawmakers have already vowed to oppose the Central America agreement, complaining that it would merely accelerate the shift of American jobs to lower-cost countries without promoting higher labor standards in those countries.