The U.S. Congress approved the CAFTA-DR in July 2005, and President Bush signed it into law on August 2, 2005. The CAFTA-DR includes seven signatories: the United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. When the CAFTA-DR enters into force, the export zone created will be the United States' second largest free trade zone in Latin America after Mexico.
For information on services for U.S. companies interested in entering the CAFTA-DR markets, visit http://www.buyusa.gov/centralamerica/en and http://www.buyusa.gov/caribbean/en
For more information on the agreement, please consult the sites below:
The Department of Commerce U.S.-CAFTA-DR FTA web site
U.S. Trade Representative CAFTA-DR FTA site