The United States now has free trade agreements with Canada, Mexico, Israel, Jordan, Australia , Morocco and Singapore, as well as regional pacts with the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African nations. This action pretty well wraps up the Bush administration’s ambitious free trade initiatives for this year, as a major agreement with the Central American nations is pending but will not be dealt with a by Congress in an election year in view of its highly controversial nature.

Date:8/15/2004

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