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Colombia Min: New US congress less likely to clear FTA
10-Nov-2006 NASDAQ
The victory of US Democrats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections will make more difficult the approval of a free trade agreement between Colombia and the US, the Andean country’s Commerce and Industry minister said.
Colombia, Chile complete second round of free trade talks
28-Oct-2006 People’s Daily
Colombia and Chile on Friday completed the second round of their free trade talks, resulting in a deal to be signed by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Nov. 27 during a visit to Santiago.
Dole Fresh Flowers’ cuts hit small Ecuadorean town hard
19-Oct-2006 Miami Herald
In many ways, the flower industry in Ecuador put this small town on the map. Now, just as quickly, it may be erasing it.
Chile, Colombia begin free trade talks
12-Oct-2006 Xinhua
Chile and Colombia on Tuesday began a series of free trade talks which they aimed to complete within two months, Carlos Furche, who heads Chile’s negotiating team, said. "The bilateral free trade agreement with Colombia will be the broadest and deepest in the region," he noted.
Colombia sees free-trade deal with Chile signed on Nov 27
21-Sep-2006
Colombia and Chile will sign a free-trade agreement on Nov. 27 instead of in January as originally announced because negotiations are going faster than expected, President Alvaro Uribe said in New York on Thursday.
Political issues weigh on trade talks
9-Sep-2006
At issue are commodities as varied as rice, apparel and automobiles, as well as lucrative new markets in banking and other financial services, with potentially billions of dollars in commerce at stake. But for several countries negotiating trade pacts with the US, the outcome may have less to do with economics than with American election-year politics.
Free trade deal stalled
31-Aug-2006 Hartford Courant
Ratification of the US-Colombia FTA has been held up by the White House’s refusal to notify the US Congress, perhaps fearing that another highly politicized trade deal could hurt the re-election chances of Republican incumbents.
U.S. trade issue looms over Colombia and Peru
28-Aug-2006
Major exporters from Colombia fear being blindsided by tariffs up to 20 percent on key exports to the United States unless special trade preferences designed to wean the Andean nations off of cocaine production are renewed before their expiration Jan. 1.
Bush asks congress to approve trade agreement with Colombia
25-Aug-2006
President George W. Bush asked US congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia, saying it would strengthen a democracy in Latin America.
Lost in statistics
13-Aug-2006 Bangkok Post
The figures show Thais are winning with free trade - yet many of the nation’s small farmers, struggling just to scrape by, are looking to lessons learned around the world.
Uribe Worried over Colombia-US FTA
10-Aug-2006
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has admitted his concern about the delay of the US government to submit to Congress the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bogota.
Flower power - But not for the workers
8-Aug-2006 IPS
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States that could be signed in October or November this year will maintain the tariff exemptions already enjoyed by Colombia’s flourishing flower industry. But there are no plans for higher wages and better working conditions for the industry’s 100,000 workers.
Implications of Colombia’s integration into Plan Puebla Panama
2-Aug-2006 Scoop
From July onwards, Colombia will form part of the one-sided geopolitical mega-project that seeks to consolidate the neoliberal model in the western Latin America with the aim of privatizing highway infrastructure, public services and natural resources.
Anti-FTA bodies join forces against US deals
1-Aug-2006 Bangkok Post
Thailand’s anti-FTA movements have formed an alliance with counterparts in other countries including South Korea, Costa Rica and Colombia against US efforts to strike bilateral trade agreements across the globe.
Colombia sees US trade deal in October
10-Jul-2006
Colombia’s government said on Friday it expected to sign a free trade agreement with the United States in early October after ironing out difficulties over agricultural goods in the text of the deal.
US/Colombia: Dead unionists no hurdle to free trade
17-Jun-2006 IPS
The US government is not only a step away from ratifying a new free trade agreement, but also from rewarding persistent and severe human rights abuses in Colombia, where each year more trade union leaders are murdered than in all other nations put together, a new report charges.
Bush, Uribe discuss details of trade pact
15-Jun-2006 AP
President Bush reassured Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday that the United States would work quickly to sort out remaining details of a free trade pact signed in February.
Andean Community: Grasping at unity straws
14-Jun-2006
The foreign ministers of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) forged ahead in attempts to quiet fears of an imminent collapse of the bloc following Venezuela’s withdrawal, despite member-country political differences that were all too evident at the regional summit.
Colombia-US FTA talks still open
10-Jun-2006 Prensa Latina
Colombian Trade Minister Jorge Humberto Botero recognized Friday that negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US were not totally closed in February as it was said.
Colombia kicks off free trade talks with 3 Central American countries
6-Jun-2006 AP
Colombia, fresh from reaching a free trade agreement with the United States, is now trying to eliminate trade barriers with Central America.