Costs of CAFTA

Yet another poorly thought through trade agreement is about to impact nations and peoples with strongly negative consequences. The impact of prior trade agreements like NAFTA have been devastating on many individuals, families, neighborhoods, and communities throughout North America. The social costs of these pieces of trade legislation far outweigh any positive they may produce. And what positives are produced are largely beneficial to wealthy American and multinational corporations exclusively focused on profit maximization and elimination of any and all competition, particularly if it is small and weak in power and size. Trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA must be fully eliminated to save the unique communities and cultures and all the diversity they have to offer for the sake of all mankind and ecosystems globally.

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