Life of the CAFTA-DR agreement

the purpose of CAFTA-DR was to set free trade between the central american countries by eliminating tarrifs over the course of 15 years

During the 2002 is when the central states began in 2002. than the dominican republic joined in on 2003

on the 5th of august of 2004 all the countries involved signed it. the agreement was approved by the us congress in july 2005

on august second of 2005 president George w. Bush signed the agreement. but during 2007 costa rica didn't agree on it yet because of different believes but during that same year the citizens voted to agree on the agreement and it was signed by costa rica in 2007