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US-Panama trade promotion agreement: Potential economy-wide and selected sectoral effects
2-Nov-2007 ITC
A report from the US International Trade Commission (September 2007)
US-Panama trade pact looks shaky
11-Oct-2007 LA Times
Washington officials say that even if Gonzalez — the president of Panama’s National Assembly, who is wanted on murder charges in the US — were to quit, attitudes in Congress and in the Bush administration have hardened against the free trade deal.
US wants Panama Congress chair out
13-Sep-2007 Prensa Latina
The US is stepping up pressure to remove the president of Panama’s National Assembly, who it claims killed a US marine, so that the case will not block passage of the US-Panama FTA.
Fugitive’s election muddles trade deal prospects
8-Sep-2007 The Hill
Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
6-Sep-2007 AlterNet
The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn’t really about trade. It’s about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.
Panama ratifies free trade deal with US
12-Jul-2007 News Channel 7
Panama’s legislature ratified a free trade agreement with the United States on Wednesday amid protests by hundreds of leftists and farmers opposed to the deal.
Panamanians protest US trade deal
29-Jun-2007 Prensa Latina
Groups of students, professionals, and unions in Panama are protesting the signing Thursday of a free trade agreement with the US, for considering it an affront to the country s sovereignty and dignity.
US, Panama sign free trade pact just in time
29-Jun-2007 ABC News
The United States and Panama signed a free trade agreement on Thursday with only a few days to spare before key US legislation expires.
Caterpillar pushes for passage of US-Panamanian Trade Promotion Agreement
5-Jun-2007 Webwire
Caterpillar Inc vice president Tom Gales cited a major construction project the country is embarking on—the expansion of the Panama Canal—as one reason why the trade agreement is essential. The expansion is the world’s largest public works project since the Three Gorges Dam was constructed in China.
Caterpillar Pushes for Passage of U.S.-Panamanian Trade Promotion Agreement
4-Jun-2007
In testimony given Wednesday, May 16, before the United States International Trade Commission in Washington D.C., the Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) vice president with responsibility for Latin America emphasized why a Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will be remarkably beneficial for the U.S., Panama and the region.
Bush notifies Congress of plans to sign Panama free trade deal
31-Mar-2007
President George W. Bush notified Congress on Friday that he plans to sign a free trade agreement with Panama.
Panama rejects FTT with US
4-Mar-2007 Prensa Latina
The Popular Alternative Party (PAP) reported the Free Trade Treaty’s (FTT) negative effects on the economy and Panamanian society and in this way rejected its signing.
Documento explicativo del TPC entre Panamá y EEUU
22-Jan-2007 MICI
El Ministro de Comercio e Industrias, Alejandro Ferrer, entregó hoy ejemplares del documento explicativo del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) acordado con los Estados Unidos a los representantes de los partidos políticos del país.
Skirmishes over an unpublished US-RP Free Trade Agreement
8-Jan-2007 Panama News
Just before Christmas trade negotiators for the United States and Panama announced that a deal had been reached on a US-Panama Free Trade Agreement. However, at the time this issue of The Panama News was uploaded the text of the agreement was still being withheld from the public in both countries and the Panamanian government was disputing one of the key claims about the deal that was made on the US Trade Representative’s website.
CRS Report for Congress: The US-Panama free trade agreement
5-Jan-2007
For the United States, Panama has long held a strategic military and commercial importance, even as a small trading partner, and an FTA with Panama fits with broader US trade policy.
Panama: US business supports FTA
2-Jan-2007 Latin Business Chronicle
The US-Panama free trade agreement, signed just before Christmas, is set to be debated by U.S. lawmakers before July. But US business organizations widely support the agreement.