Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the United States (CAFTA)
Start Date:
05/08/2004
End Date:
N/A
Description
The Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the United States (CAFTA) was negotiated between January of 2003 and January of 2004. Upon the incorporation of the Dominican Republic in July of 2004, it took on the new abbreviation DR-CAFTA. Apart from Costa Rica, all of the signatory countries have ratified the treaty. For El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua it has already been put into effect.