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

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

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

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations.

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.