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Sen. Lankford urges administration not to re-open CAFTA now

February 14, 2018 at 7:19 PM
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) hopes the Trump administration does not move to modernize the Central America Free Trade Agreement, arguing that doing so would only bring more instability to the region. At a Feb. 14 event on Capitol Hill, Lankford said while there are “issues” with CAFTA-DR FTA, re-opening it for modernization would not be wise. “[CAFTA] is something that when I was in Central America a couple of weeks ago, that was a major part of the conversation, quite...

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