PAUL WOLFOWITZ now at the WORLD BANK

From the War in Iraq to running the World Bank.

Here is what He had to say about Latin American Imports into the U.S.

From the Official World Bank Website:

Press Conference with Paul Wolfowitz in Guatemala City
Also available in: Spanish


Press Conference
with
Paul Wolfowitz -World Bank President
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 29, 2006


REPORTER: (Inaudible) How is the World Bank supporting Guatemala and Central America in the process of CAFTA?



P. WOLFOWITZ: I think there is an enormous opportunity for the hard working people of this country to be able to sell their products into the biggest market in the world. We saw this morning in Chimaltenango two agricultural cooperatives that have over the last few years with some help from the World Bank and some from USAID, been able to develop such quality and consistency in their products, that they have supplied contracts with large local supermarkets that have succeeded in some significant exports to neighboring countries. And those two cooperatives could have enormous access into the North American market and are producing the quality now that would be competitive. By the way, these are people who were in extreme poverty just, I believe, as recently as 7-8 years ago, and now they are earning good wages, working under much better conditions and clearly have enormous pride in the work they are doing. That is sustainable development, that is the kind of work we would like to encourage -- and a significant part of being successful is being able to sell your products when they are produced. I don’t want to get into commenting on specific issues that may be involved in CAFTA, but I think that the general idea is that there are huge gains to be made for Guatemalan producers in accessing US markets. That is, I think, without any question.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTE...K:4607,00.html


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