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		<title>Peru considers signing new FTAs in 2025: Which countries are being considered? </title>
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		<dc:date>2024-12-06 10:30:40</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Peru </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Uruguay </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Philippines </dc:subject>

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            06-Dec-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Peru is close to signing new free trade agreements with countries on various continents around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>State lawmakers urge US exit from toxic ISDS mechanisms in trade deals </title>
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		<dc:date>2024-08-06 16:30:22</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> investor-state disputes | ISDS </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> energy </dc:subject>

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            06-Aug-2024
            &lt;p&gt;&#034;Outdated trade rules like ISDS can pose a real threat to states' sustainable energy initiatives and the good-paying jobs they create,&#034; said one lawmaker from Maine&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Peoples of Mesoamerica in defence of seeds and maize</title>
		<link>https://www.bilaterals.org/?peoples-of-mesoamerica-in-defence</link>
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		<dc:date>2024-06-07 09:48:13</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> intellectual property </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>

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            07-Jun-2024
            &lt;p&gt;This call for the defence of maize and all peasant seeds comes amid increasing pressure to impose the so-called UPOV laws through trade agreements and other neoliberal policies throughout the region.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Guatemala joins Korea-Central America FTA </title>
		<link>https://www.bilaterals.org/?guatemala-joins-korea-central</link>
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		<dc:date>2024-01-09 10:39:32</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Guatemala </dc:subject>

		<description>
            09-Jan-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Korea's trade ministry said that Guatemala has formally signed a deal to join Seoul's free trade agreement with a group of Central American nations.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>US politicians push for Latin America to be added to CUSMA</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-09-15 09:46:14</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> NAFTA | USMCA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            15-Sep-2023
            &lt;p&gt;A bipartisan duo of US senators is leading a growing push to open up the continent's &#8220;gold standard&#8221; trade agreement to include parts of Latin America in order to build a better bulwark against China's geopolitical might.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>LEAK: EU to prioritise Mercosur deal, establish closer ties with Latin America</title>
		<link>https://www.bilaterals.org/?leak-eu-to-prioritise-mercosur</link>
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		<dc:date>2023-06-07 12:54:08</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> geopolitics </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Mercosur </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Caribbean </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>

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            07-Jun-2023
            &lt;p&gt;The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America's Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Corporate power and abuse is a root cause of migration</title>
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		<dc:date>2021-06-29 14:36:37</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> CAFTA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> investor-state disputes | ISDS </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> human rights </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>

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            29-Jun-2021
            &lt;p&gt;To seriously address the roots and causes of migration, it is urgent to dismantle the neoliberal rules which grant excessive privileges to transnational corporations.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>S. Korea-Central America FTA set for full implementation in March</title>
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		<dc:date>2021-02-25 10:26:47</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Panama </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Costa Rica </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Nicaragua </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Honduras </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> El Salvador </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

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            25-Feb-2021
            &lt;p&gt;South Korea said its free trade agreement (FTA) with a group of Central American nations will be fully implemented starting next month as Panama completed its domestic procedures.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>S. Korea vows to speed up trade talks with Central, South America in 2021</title>
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		<dc:date>2021-01-29 06:40:15</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Mercosur </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Chile </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            29-Jan-2021
            &lt;p&gt;South Korea's trade ministry vowed to make more progress in expanding trade pacts with counterparts from Central and South America this year, in line with its efforts to diversify its export portfolio amid the growing protectionism around the globe.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>The remarkable life and legacy of indigenous leader Berta C&#225;ceras</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-06-22 15:34:32</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> indigenous peoples </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> land </dc:subject>

		<description>
            22-Jun-2020
            &lt;p&gt;Honduran environmental activist Berta C&#225;ceres was a strong voice against free trade and fought for the Lenca people's right to live on their sacred land.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>S. Korea, Panama hold policy consultations on bilateral ties, trade</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-01-23 15:05:13</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Panama </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            23-Jan-2020
            &lt;p&gt;South Korea signed the FTA with Panama and the four Central American countries &#8212; Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador &#8212; which have already finished the domestic procedures for the agreement.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Report: US free trade pact means junk food for developing nations</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-11-15 12:17:36</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> CAFTA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> health </dc:subject>

		<description>
            15-Nov-2019
            &lt;p&gt;The US is exporting ever-more processed foods, as well as meat, to the region, while making it harder for farmers there to supply healthy foods for the local market.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Multilateralism, lack of development and violence: Central American migrants in transit through Mexico</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-11-09 18:18:05</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> human rights </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> zz-nopic </dc:subject>

		<description>
            09-Nov-2019
            
&lt;p&gt;Multilateralism, lack of development and violence: Central American migrants in transit through Mexico &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt; The REDODEM 2018 Report. &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
Guillermo Castillo &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt; .... and they take migrants as currency of exchange ... &#8230; But migrants are not numbers, they are not statistics, they are stories and people&#8230;. ... and many times these stories are full of a lot of pain ... Sister. Magda &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
... for Balderrama ... ... thinking that migrants are the global excluded, the banished, but also the active subjects (...)&lt;/p&gt;

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		<title>S. Korea's FTA with 5 Central American nations partially takes effect on Oct. 1</title>
		<link>https://www.bilaterals.org/?s-korea-s-fta-with-5-central</link>
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		<dc:date>2019-10-02 08:59:09</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            02-Oct-2019
            &lt;p&gt;South Korea's free trade agreement with five Central American countries becomes partially effective on 1 Oct, putting the country on path to enjoy near tariff-free access to markets across the Latin and South American map.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>UK and Central America sign continuity agreement</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-07-18 20:36:42</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> UK </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

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            18-Jul-2019
            &lt;p&gt;This agreement replicates the existing EU-Central America trading relationship and will ensure continuity in the trading relationship between the UK and Central America.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>The battle for Latin America: How the US helped destroy the &#8220;pink tide&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-04-23 15:20:58</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> CAFTA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Latin America </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> geopolitics </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            23-Apr-2019
            &lt;p&gt;After sponsoring juntas until well into the 1990s, the US went after Central and South America with &#8220;free trade&#8221; deals before once again working with extremists.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Costa Rica legislators approve TLC with Korea</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-03-08 13:57:26</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Costa Rica </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            08-Mar-2019
            &lt;p&gt;Negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea was begun by the Chinchilla administration (2010-2014), completed in 2016 and now only requires the President's signature to go into force.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Honduras and South Korea FTA will soon enter into force</title>
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		<dc:date>2019-03-07 12:50:33</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Honduras </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            07-Mar-2019
            &lt;p&gt;The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Honduras and South Korea is about to enter into force; the National Congress of the Republic has already approved it.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Korea signs FTA with Central America </title>
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		<dc:date>2018-02-22 14:09:00</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            22-Feb-2018
            &lt;p&gt;Le trait&#233; commercial a officiellement &#233;t&#233; sign&#233; entre le ministre d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233; au Commerce ext&#233;rieur Kim Hyun-chong et les repr&#233;sentants du Costa Rica, du Salvador, du Honduras, du Nicaragua et du Panama.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>S. Korea, Central American countries to hold technical meeting for FTA</title>
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		<dc:date>2017-10-23 16:52:03</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Korea </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Central America </dc:subject>

		<description>
            23-Oct-2017
            &lt;p&gt;South Korea and five Central American countries will hold a technical meeting in Seoul for a final review of the full text of a bilateral free trade agreement.&lt;/p&gt;
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