Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.

Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.