Beet-industry worry-warts need not fear DR-CAFTA
Can a trade agreement between the United States and six small countries in the Caribbean wreak havoc on Minnesota's sugar-beet industry?
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Can a trade agreement between the United States and six small countries in the Caribbean wreak havoc on Minnesota's sugar-beet industry?
It's bad enough that the energy bill now working its way through Congress may cost taxpayers close to $36 billion over the next five years. Worse, it actually contains provisions that would increase the cost of energy in the years ahead.
To see how, in Washington, special interests often outweigh the greater needs of America, one acronym will suffice: DR-CAFTA.
Oooh, for fear. Harold Meyerson, columnist for The Washington Post, recently wrote that the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)