At the same time, I believe the NAFTA and CAFTA agreements are very beneficial to the interests of this country and its individual citizens. Would we really prefer that these Central American countries be left to make their trade arrangements with the EU and/or with China and Asia, rather than the USA? Of course not. This treaty allows individuals to do the business they want to do with these countries, with less interference from the governments involved. Are we really to believe this is a bad thing? Again, of course not.
Yesterday's news had an article about China making trade deals with the CAFTA countries, right about the time the president signed the agreemnt. The article said that the white house welcomes China in our hemisphere and says trade deals with CAFTA countries and China are part of the trade promotion efforts of the USTR.
China says they are mostly interested in tourism in the CAFTA countries.
Because CAFTA lowers migration and entry barriers to this country, do you suppose the "tourism" china is interested in may have another purpose?