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Now its your turn to be honest.

This is from the USTR website. This document talks about TAX PAYER MONEY going to build infrastructure in the CAFTA countries. "Free trade" is not about free trade. You can see this with your own eyes. It is about socialist wealth redistribution so corrupt corporations can take advantage of the US taxpayer to build their own wealth and the wealth of the least developed countries in the trade pact. The thing you support DOES NOT EXIST in this world. Please note that USAID is funded by the US tax payer as is the US department of commerce, as is the USDA, the EPA and the US justice department. In fact using our government resources to build capacity in foreign countries is an outrageous theft of tax money and citizen's resources.

Strengthening Democracy, Promoting Prosperity:
A Partnership to Build Capacity
In Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

USAID will purchase, install, and provide training on compatible software to manage trade data.
· The U.S. Department of Commerce will provide assistance through its Good Governance
Program to develop joint private/public sector initiatives to promote better business practices.
· USAID will provide assistance to improve and make more transparent commercial laws and
regulations in Guatemala.
· In Honduras, USAID will fund a computer systems analyst to help the Ministry of Industry and
Commerce evaluate their computer and information needs. In addition, USAID will purchase
equipment (e.g., 6 computers, scanner, printer, and server) for the Ministry of Industry and
Commerce.
· USAID will support Nicaragua’s fiscal reform
Government Assistance

USAID will develop websites in each Ministries of Economy for collection of public comments and
dissemination of information regarding the US-CAFTA – similar to the USTR website used to
receive public comments.
· USAID will fund a regional program working with the five local Chambers of Commerce and civil
society to organize outreach events during 2003.
· USAID will provide additional assistance to improve outreach to the private sector, civil society
and other government ministries to strengthen the consultative process in El Salvador, Honduras
and Nicaragua.
· To understand how the United States organizes its advisory groups, the U.S. Department of
Commerce and USTR will organize and facilitate meetings between U.S. Industry
Sector/Functional Advisory Committee (ISAC), the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
and Policy (ACTPN), the Labor Advisory Committee (LAC), and the Trade and Environment Policy
Advisory Committee (TEPAC) representatives and Central American public/private sector and civil
society representatives.
· The U.S. Department of Commerce, as coordinator of the Trade Promotion Coordination
Committee, will work with the governments so they understand how the United States government
coordinates trade promotion activities among agencies.

USAID and USDA, drawing on experts in other U.S. agencies, will provide training and technical
assistance to improve food safety and animal health.
· USAID will provide intellectual property rights (IPR) workshops and outreach events.
· USAID will provide training in government procurement.
· With the assistance of U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, USAID
will provide training on antitrust law and competition policy.
· In El Salvador, USAID will also provide assistance to private sector for compliance with U.S. food
safety and animal health regulations.

USAID will fund a training course for new government negotiators in each U.S.-CAFTA
negotiation area, drawing on historical experiences of past trade agreements (e.g., the NAFTA,
the GATT, the WTO, the Canada-Chile FTA).
· Training courses and workshops for Nicaraguan negotiators and technical officials on several
complex, specialized issues, such as customs valuation, rules of origin, and dispute settlement
will be provided by USAID.

Building on current efforts, with the assistance of USAID, EPA is providing on a regional basis,
through the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD):
· The Program of Training for International Environmental Law – UNITAR correspondence courses
are being translated to Spanish and will be provided to the five countries for training government
and private officials in effective implementation of international agreements. Modules address
general themes, such as International Environmental Negotiations, or issues that arise out of
specific agreements.
· EPA, with the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), is
training environmental compliance inspectors in Central America. The training will strengthen the
regional environmental enforcement networks and will result in better enforcement of
environmental laws in each country. Course material based on local best practice and “train the
trainer” efforts will ensure that training is effective and continues to spread throughout the region
after the EPA efforts are concluded.
· EPA personnel provide expertise in the region, through national Centers for Cleaner Production, in
promoting cleaner production approaches and implementation of other environmental
management systems.