The agreement only stresses that labor rights are to be respected, highlighting that a party to the agreement "shall not fail to effectively enforce its labor laws, through a sustained or recurring course of action or inaction, in a manner affecting trade between the Parties." In a region with weak enforcement and few mechanisms for redress, protection restricted to prevailing labor standards amounts to no protection at all.
最后，CAFTA没有能够切实地解决劳务问题。该协议仅强调尊重劳动权利，并着重指出协议中的任何一方"不得以任何持续或反复的作为或不作为及任何影响各方之间贸易的方式放弃有效实施其劳动法的责任。"但在一个执法薄弱且缺乏矫正机制的地区，现行的劳动保护标准也就形同虚设了。