The Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of the American Trucking Associations has endorsed the enactment of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) now before Congress.

“We believe these comprehensive agreements, which include all sectors of agriculture with no exceptions, will expand U.S. agricultural exports and put U.S. agriculture on an equal footing with our competitors in these markets. Expanded exports and free trade are good business for commercial transporters of agricultural and food commodities,” said AFTC Chairman Greg Owen.
The proposed CAFTA Agreement will create a free trade area covering the U.S., Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The recently completed free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic will be submitted for approval by Congress along with the CAFTA.
The Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference, founded in 1995, is the national organization representing commercial transporters of agricultural commodities, food, forest, and mineral products.