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US-Colombia trade agreement must face Congress
23-Nov-2006 MercoPress
United States signed Wednesday a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. The agreement must now face approval by both countries legislatures.
Colombia: Concern over US free trade deal and tariff benefits
22-Nov-2006 IPS
Indigenous and black people, trade unionists and victims of the armed conflict in Colombia are preparing to fight the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, which will be signed by the trade ministers of both countries Wednesday in Washington.
Democrats urge USTR renegotiate Andean trade pacts
22-Nov-2006
A group of Democrats urged the Bush administration on Tuesday to renegotiate trade pacts with Peru and Colombia to strengthen their worker protections. The request came in a letter to US Trade Representative Susan Schwab one day before the United States was set to sign the trade deal with Colombia.
An open letter from Colombia to US on free trade treaty
17-Nov-2006 Scoop
Not one single organization representing urban workers, rural workers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals and other popular sectors in Colombia supports the Free Trade Treaty with the United States.
Canada to resume free trade talks with Singapore, exploring pacts with Peru, Colombia
15-Nov-2006 IHT
Canada has agreed to resume stalled free trade negotiations with Singapore, and exploring the possibility of establishing free trade pacts with Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, Canadian Trade Minister David Emerson said.
Colombia’s Uribe fails to secure Democrats’ backing for free trade deal
15-Nov-2006 IHT
President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, on a visit hastily arranged after Democrats took control of the US Congress, failed to secure promises from American lawmakers that they would back passage of a much-scrutinized trade deal.
US, Colombia to sign free trade agreement on Nov 22
13-Nov-2006 IHT
A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia will be signed on Nov. 22, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday.
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.