The Caribbean Basin Initiative is a longoverdue effort to develop viable economic relationships with those nations which form our third border. and with whom we are inextricably linked by strategic. economic. and humanitarian interests. Nearly half of all our foreign trade passes through the sealanes of the Caribbean Basin. the countries in the region serve as an important market for U.S. exports. Yet. the basin is cash poor. and it is the second largest source of illegal immigration to the United States. Our interests in this region are manifold. and it is in our best interest to take positive steps to insure the political and economic wellbeing of the region as a whole. We need to pass this positive trade initiative.
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