The US International Trade Commission (ITC) released a report yesterday that assesses the proposed DR-CAFTA trade agreement’s impact on the US economy, specific industrial sectors and the interests of US consumers. The agreement was signed this summer between the US government and five Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic. The report, which was issued following a request from the United States Trade Representative Office, looks into the potential economy-wide and specific sectoral effects of the US and DR-CAFTA agreements.
The report is available at ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3717.pdf