In agriculture, small farmers would be placed on a collision course with US agro-business and their heavily subsidized farm exports. The US exported paddy rice, for example, at a price almost 20% lower than the cost of production in 2003, making it impossible for Central Americans to compete.
农业方面，协议将小农场主与美国的农业商务置于同一轨道上，造成撞车。而后者的农产品出口有高额补贴。如，2003年，美国出口的稻米价格比生产成本还低近20%，中美洲的小农场主根本不可能与之竞争。