Global economic integration has enabled enterprises to flourish on scales unimaginable just a generation ago.

While the Central American Free Trade Agreement goes some way to improving trading conditions between the United States and Central America, Dr. Rigoberto Stewart claims the agreement could have done more for the poor by liberalising the markets that matter most.

Free trade is a powerful force for improving the health of the world's poor. Fifty years of trade liberalisation has significantly improved the health of the world's people.