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D.R.-CAFTA should include strong, enforceable labor rights
protections to compel countries to create a free trade area in which the rights
of workers producing goods for export are upheld. It does not. Under
D.R.-CAFTA, parties have little or no incentive to strengthen their deficient
labor laws, refrain from weakening them to attract trade, or protect women
workers from discrimination. Congress, therefore, should reject the accord and
send a strong message that it will withhold its support until D.R.-CAFTA’s
labor rights provisions are improved.
